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Rudy Gestede, Berbatov and Adebayor all ‘In Talks’ With Villa

30 July 201530 July 2015| adam2231adam2231| 145 Comments| 12:15 PM
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The latest striker to be linked with a move is Blackburn’s Rudy Gestede. It’s being reported that Blackburn have accepted a £6 million bid for the tall Mali forward. But what doesn’t make sense is that different tabloids have also claimed that Adebayor and Berbatov are also in talks to sign with Aston Villa. On top of that, French midfielder Veretout is also poised to sign with Villa. Out of all these links Veretout makes the most sense since we are need of a replacement for Delph. But three forwards? Something doesn’t add up.

It’s been clear from day 1 that Tim Sherwood does want to bring in Adebayor to Aston Villa. Adebayor has been seen at Bodymoor Heath earlier in the week with Villa and Tottenham agreeing a loan deal for the forward. If that is the case then I don’t understand the need of bringing in Gestede and Berbatov as well. Libor Kozak showed us on Tuesday that he is more than capable of leading the attacking line after scoring a brace. While Robinson also displayed his talent by providing an assist and scoring a goal prior to the Wolves game. 

Out of those linked, Gestede makes the most sense. A fee of £6-7 million has been agreed with Blackburn, and at the age of 26, Gestede looks as the player that could play a role for Aston Villa in the long-term. Gestede has scored 32 goals in 60 appearances for Blackburn since joining from Cardiff. On the other hand Adebayor does have Premier League experience and can play under Sherwood’s tactics. Perhaps things will be made more clear throughout the weekend, but as things stand I strongly believe that Aston Villa don’t need 7 forwards at the club. Surely two of these rumours are false, can Aston Villa afford the wages for the trio? 

145 thought on “Rudy Gestede, Berbatov and Adebayor all ‘In Talks’ With Villa”

  1. 34 goals in 65 appearances speaks for itself and looking at the lad on you tube he’s big, strong and very handy in air.
    Good signing imo.

    1. Bet this played in his head… “A message to you, Rudy. Think about your future.”

      1. Yes MATE looks the bollox, the Nantes president worries me I’ll be glad when it’s all signed & sealed & when it’s on the OS

        1. the nantes president could have kicked off and took the leicester city offer but stood by his word . he showed honour which is unusual these days in football.

  4. Regarding Lescott and age I’m not comparing but God was 37 when he won his second League Cup with us, dodgy knees and all!

    1. Yes and please put the names on the photos so we know who they are 🙂

      Never known so many new faces in one transfer window. Have to give it to Tim he’s really giving it some welly!

      1. Sherwood knew he needed to get rid of the dross after Wembley.

        There might be some left [N’zog, Agbonlahor, etc.,] but suspect they’ll be permanent bench-warmers if they’re still here when the window shuts – assuming we don’t suffer too much from injuries.

        1. It might just give them a kick up the backside especially if we are winning Games without them

  11. Where did you get the confirmation on Gestede signing? Pleased we got Veretout – he’s supposed to be the real deal. I’m one happy Villa fan …… but……. There are a lot of new faces and TS has got to get them playing as a team. Still looking forward to watching our team playing real football.

        1. Sun is shining Villa making quality signings and Langford and me ain’t ripping holes in each other! Whatever next?
          World Peace?
          Goodwill to all men?
          Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité?
          Blues winning the European Cup?
          (I know I’m taking the piss with the last one).

          1. Thanks Guys – woo hoo hoo – not been this excited since – well perhaps I should keep that to myself!

  12. Very pleased now confirmed on OS, gestede will also be a good signing who next???adebeyor??? Make it a hat trick.New look team just what the pacemaker needed.

    1. Messi and Ronaldo to join the weekend but they have to change their nationality to French first 🙂

  14. Crikey had this very strange dream, that the Villa employed an exciting Manager, experienced CEO and scout network, and because of this we signed lots of young exciting players…. then I woke up and fatty faulkner and Ebenezer were still making the decisions… silly me!

  15. after an explosive close season dragging us to depths of despair, then the highs of all these new faces. even if it doesn’t work i will know my club hasn’t rolled over we have come out fighting and the clear message is were back and fair play to randy for giving us some hope and pride back

    1. After the last 3/4 seasons of otter dross I think the only way to break the cycle we were caught up in was a mass exodus because less face it Lambert’s team/signings (with one or two exceptions) just weren’t good enough so fair play to Sherwood.
      For the first time in god knows how long I’m actually excited about the new season- “Vive la Villa”.

      1. Completely agree. And even if we tinkered with one or two new transfers, we would always have the core of the old sulkers, which would eventually drag down the morale of the new players, then they’d move on and we’d repeat the vicious cycle.

        This is risky to bring in this many new players. But this isn’t QPR bringing in old mercenaries like Barton and Ferdinand. It’s young and hungry with a higher pedigree than Lambert’s picks.

    2. Looking forward to some French flair this season – and not having to rely just on one player to score goals…

  16. I honestly didn’t think the club could find replacements for all our outgoing players, but boy was I wrong. I am really pretty pleased with the club’s activities of late – hopefully these new players can all bed in quickly and the squad can get some early results to prove everyone wrong this season. We may not have our star players of old, but we also don’t have most of our deadweight either. I find it odd as I think about it, but all in all I think it is now a more complete squad.

  19. It looks like I will stay off Randy’s back for a while! Fair play to him for getting it right this season….all they have to do now is perform!
    Randy MUST stay 🙂
    xx for BWS xx…..he makes my life worth living 🙂

  20. mirror reporting : a loan deal for Adebayor from Spurs has not yet been finalised as Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy continues to play hardball.

    just walk away and leave spurs to pay his 100k a week wages .

    i honestly don’t think we need him now we have gestede .

    2. Ha ha they need to sell him a lot more than we need to buy him especially as we signed another striker. We can play hardball till the end of the window as they desperately need to get shot of him to buy chicharito

    1. nice . 2 players in and baker gets a new deal and still no sign of Adebayor . can this day get any better.

    1. Me too but can he stay injury free. He needs to go up a level performance wise too

      1. So much for the transfer to Burnley story. On reflection I’m pleased he’s staying – let’s hope he can stay injury free.

  23. this is getting like the final scene in the godfather settling all the family business in one swoop. im like a dog with two arseholes today

  24. Wow! I did not see the Baker deal happening, but hopefully he can avoid a concussion this season and continue to progress. A solid back up.

    1. I’m well racked off we having signed anyone for nearly 2 hours now! Lerner out! 🙂 lol

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