David Villa signs for Atletico Madrid

[danielneeds]

Is it only the Mirror reporting this?

So far. Darren Lewis definitely has some links inside the club though...

 

[Spurger King]

Bet their thinking - who the fuck is this little bald nutter

It's like a football version of 'Sexy Beast'.

Levy rolls up in Spain.

”Oh I dunno Danny. I don't really want to swap Villa for Dempsey. Seems a bit..”

”Fuck off”

”Sss...sorry Danny. I'm afraid I'm gonna have to turn this opportunity down.”

”Fuck off ****. You'll turn this opportunity yes.'

”I really don't th...”

'YES YES YES YES YES YES YES”

”Ok Danny”

”****”

 

[ohwhenthespurs]

Got to laugh at DL - grabbing the balls of Barca like their Bury

Let's just hope they don't think "Who the fuck are you to take the piss out of the mighty Barca? Oh yes, that's right you're the partner club of our hated rivals and Francoist sons of pig dogs Real Madrid, I think we'll sell him to someone else now thank you very much"

 

[alan brazil]

Levy just needs to get this deal done, 8.6m for a player of villas class is a more than fair price.
I know there is no sell on but what he brings on and off the pitch makes him a bargain.

 

[worcestersauce]

Levy doesn't do the mighty Barca thing he plays the player not the club, are they as good business men as him or not if not they shouldn't be trying it on with him Barca or Bury, Man Utd will tell you that.
Step outside football for a minute and most of those people aren't in the same league as Daniel Levy.

 

[THFC 1882]

Ian Abrahams ‏@BroadcastMoose 59 m
David Villa is getting closer to happening - heard a whisper over the weekend about departures at WHL, dont worry Bale is staying

 

[alan brazil]

Levy doesn't do the mighty Barca thing he plays the player not the club, are they as good business men as him or not if not they shouldn't be trying it on with him Barca or Bury, Man Utd will tell you that.
Step outside football for a minute and most of those people aren't in the same league as Daniel Levy.

Man utd will tell you they got the players, ok they may have paid more than they wanted but the numerous titles and CL qualification justifies that.
We can brag about fleecing man utd out of a few extra quid, they can brag about success.
Carrick looks a bargain now anyway.
The point is there Is no need to squeeze barca, the money they want is more than fair.

 

[gavspur]

I would say the money they want is fair, but I can see that even if we can shave 1 or 2 million off, then that will sit much better when paying him his wage..

Problem with this is, it's a fine line between haggling, and annoying.. Previously this has turned out good (VdV & Lloris) and bad (Moutinho & PEA) for us.

Personally, on this one, I'd have bitten the bullet last week and agreed the deal, therefore having him here for maximum exposure for the kit launch today, along with Bale, Paulinho and Lloris (prob Dempsey too, for the 'Merican fans).

 

[Lilbaz]

I would say the money they want is fair, but I can see that even if we can shave 1 or 2 million off, then that will sit much better when paying him his wage..

Problem with this is, it's a fine line between haggling, and annoying.. Previously this has turned out good (VdV & Lloris) and bad (Moutinho & PEA) for us.

Personally, on this one, I'd have bitten the bullet last week and agreed the deal, therefore having him here for maximum exposure for the kit launch today, along with Bale, Paulinho and Lloris (prob Dempsey too, for the 'Merican fans).

Good point about dempsey, with the new nbc deal he'd be a good player to keep.

Have to admit i just want this deal done now. Then we can see where we are and what still needs to be done.

 

[db1]

Levy just needs to get this deal done, 8.6m for a player of villas class is a more than fair price.
I know there is no sell on but what he brings on and off the pitch makes him a bargain.

Agree, he'll bring a lot to the table. Exception to the rules on pure monetary value is surely justified on the davids/villa type of signing. Good to watch what we spend in general of course.

 

[Cavehillspur]

Sounds promising!

Tottenham Hotspur close to sealing signing of Barcelona striker David Villa
Tottenham are closing in on the signing of Barcelona striker David Villa, with the two clubs believed to have made a breakthrough in negotiations.

Terms have been agreed between Spurs and the 31-year-old for some time but there has been a problem with the fee, with Barcelona demanding £12m while Tottenham want to pay morelike £8m.

The two clubs are now thought to be close to agreement however as Spurs have agreed to pay an extra performance-related £3m.

It is believed the deal could be finalised in the next 48 hours and Villa announced as a Tottenham player before the end of the week.
http://www.haringeyindependent.co.uk/sport/10532476._/

 

[WiganSpur]

The performance related £3m sounds like a compromise, could be plausible.

 

[Lilbaz]

Would be a great move for spurs (new stadium etc..,) to give the harringay independent the scoop.

Straw firmly clutched.

 

[thinktank]

Sounds like a Levy move. Let's see.

 

[Dharmabum]

On sport.es they're saying Villa may be included in a Rooney deal...

http://sport.es/es/noticias/barca/operacion-tres-bandas-por-rooney-2477349

 

[Lilbaz]

On sport.es they're saying Villa may be included in a Rooney deal...

http://sport.es/es/noticias/barca/operacion-tres-bandas-por-rooney-2477349

But we don't want rooney.

 

[Cavehillspur]

On sport.es they're saying Villa may be included in a Rooney deal...

http://sport.es/es/noticias/barca/operacion-tres-bandas-por-rooney-2477349

Still think he's more likely to end up at Spurs tbh.

 

[Dharmabum]

But we don't want rooney.

It's Barca that wants Rooney (well according to sport.es)

 

[Lilbaz]

It's Barca that wants Rooney (well according to sport.es)

Lol.

 

[worcestersauce]

Man utd will tell you they got the players, ok they may have paid more than they wanted but the numerous titles and CL qualification justifies that.
We can brag about fleecing man utd out of a few extra quid, they can brag about success.
Carrick looks a bargain now anyway.
The point is there Is no need to squeeze barca, the money they want is more than fair.

You assume we didn't want man Utd to have berbatov when utd tried to fleece us by not making any official bid waiting until the last minute, Levy went public called them out £30m+ or fuck off you never get him. Lets be honest I don't know any Spurs fans who thought the money we got for carrick at the time was too low. They had the money he wanted it he got it.