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The squad could do with more players like Villa proven winners who train and play at a consistenltly high level, age shouldn't matter with players like him.
Am I the only person who would love us to try for Afellay again?
No, you're not
It looks as though Barca are planning a fairly large clearout this summer, with Victor Valdes, Eric Abidal, David Villa, Ibrahim Afellay, Jonathan Dos Santos, Isaac Cuenca and Andreas Fontas all expected to leave.
Am I the only person who would love us to try for Afellay again?
I'd be very cautious, he was injury prone in Holland and missed quite a lot of playing time particulkarly when younger, he missed loads for Barca and he hasn't played much at Schalke. He was undoubtedly a skilful player but at 27 with his injury record I think I'd swerve
Villa was my favorite player from about 05-09...I'll just say, he's not nearly good enough anymore. Sorry.
Was world class at Valencia, is very average at Barcelona, and not gonna get better as he ages, especially going to a faster paced league.
Wo!! Shit defence and 'keeper, the rest were awesome!!!That was made in a time when we had a shit team and weren't competing at the top end of the prem. I don't see what your point is.
If we'd signed him in January, our CL place would be a done deal by now, more than recouping his value.
I don't understand where the "risk" is involved in signing David sodding Villa. There's far more risk in signing Leandro or Benteke. It's really very simple. HE IS DAVID SODDING VILLA.
LOL, so because we are 4th in the league you wouldnt sign a Klinsmann? You're argument really is running out of steam now.
Err we spent £4mill less on Dempsey and he was only given a 3 year contract, same for parker but longer contract. We also signed a couple oldies lately on low wages. Buying a player who has close to a 1 goal in 2 games on the wing sounds like it is great business and the added exposure of a spanish star in our team which is something I am sure he will consider. I wouldnt call him a waining superstar as he is only 31 and was a world class player beyond our reach last seasonWe signed Klinsmann during Sugars tenure and his transfer policy was obviously so great it had us hovering around mediocrity for the best part of a decade.
Look, it's not an argument, it's a fact. We have a transfer policy of buying young talent with potential because we can't afford to throw money away on waining superstars.
You might not agree with my reasoning but unluckily for you it seems Dan Levy does and something tells me he is better business man than you - look at where we are in the league.
Err we spent £4mill less on Dempsey and he was only given a 3 year contract, same for parker but longer contract. We also signed a couple oldies lately on low wages. Buying a player who has close to a 1 goal in 2 games on the wing sounds like it is great business and the added exposure of a spanish star in our team which is something I am sure he will consider. I wouldnt call him a waining superstar as he is only 31 and was a world class player beyond our reach last season
No, it's the same as where he used to shine with Spain and now hardly gets a good touch. He's just not as good anymore. Trust me. I love the guy, would buy a Spurs kit with his name on it in seconds, but he's not good enough anymore. He's also one where I'm not sure how we'd pay for his wages.I think, to be fair, it's because he's at Barcelona and surrounded by world class players. VDV looked poor at Real but was awesome for us and Hamburg. So many players have had this problem. Big fish/small pond comes to mind. At a Valencia sized club (which I guess we are in a lot of respects) he could look world class again.