Brentford goalkeeper David Button is linked with a move to Aston Villa with the Telegraph putting Button high up on Tim Sherwood’s transfer wish list. Sherwood knows Button from his days at Tottenham, likewise Swindon’s midfielder Luongo who has too being linked with Villa. Additionally, new goalkeeper coach Tony Parks highly rates David Button and believes he could become a top goalkeeper in the Premier League despite his age of 26.
Sherwood’s and Tony Park’s do plan on bringing in a new goalkeeper in the summer, after Tony Park was also given the responsibility of finding a goalkeeper following his arrival to the club.
Brad Guzan looks like the player that could make way for such a new goalkeeper. Guzan has been a clear favourite under Paul Lambert, but has recently been dropped by Tim Sherwood after a howler against Manchester City. Shay Given has taken his place, and while he has played well, Given will soon reach the age of 40 years of age. Given is currently earning £3 million a year and it looks unlikely that another club will be willing to match those wages. Additionally Sherwood could be keen on keeping Given as he could become a mentor to young Button, like Cole is mentoring Grealish. Given has also talked about taking up a coaching role after he retires.
I do feel as though Aston Villa had a vey good goalkeeping pair in the past few seasons. But Guzan hasn’t necessarily improved and his distribution is poor. Given is not the answer either, I still think he is a good shot stopper, but his movement is definitely slower than it once was. Essentially, our keepers are getting older and bringing in a new keeper would not be a bad idea under the condition that Guzan is sold, bringing in a new keeper would not harm Villa as we’d still have a decent keeper with Given. Additionally, Jed Steer is at the club and Sherwood did once say that he has been impressed with the young keeper’s recent performances.
In other keeper news, Benjamin Siegrist has suffered a fracture in his right fibular and will undergo an operation this week. He is expected to be out for 3 months. Following loan spells as Burton Albion and Cambridge United, Siegrist is yet to make a first team appearance for Villa yet. Following his career, and some of the article I have previously written in the past. I still believe that Siegrist could make an impact for Aston Villa, but time is running out for him and this is just another set back for the young Swiss keeper.
Is it coincidence, but no sooner is a player (with us or a target) mentioned in this blog than news comes in that we are seeking a replacement. Given is one of the smaller keepers in the EPL and opponents do try to impede him at corners. He is also a veteran now.
I have seen quite a few of the championship promotion chasers this season and I have to say Brentford’s keeper made no impression on me. The keeper who caught my eye was Ipswich’s #1, though I cannot recall his name. Bournemouth and Watford will struggle if they don’t get better keepers now they are in the Premiership.
Guzan looked inferior to Friedel when both were at VP and I do not think he has improved. My main complaint about him is not his first class athletic ability, it is his anticipation. If a keeper does not pick this up as a junior he never will. Quite often a striker can only hit one side of the goal, without skewing off balance or hitting his marker’s legs if trying to go the other way. A good goalkeeper will shift to cover the easy side, Guzan doesn’t, he remains in a position to go either way. His distribution isn’t so important, but it is bad. He cannot kick accurately from hand or floor, and he certainly can’t throw like Hart or Cech.
As was written in the previous thread, the quality of the EPL keepers tallies remarkably with the league table, so if we hope to finish higher we need a better #1.
From what I’ve been told, he’s a consistent, quality keeper. That our goal keeper coach believes has incredible potential, even at 26.
Obviously would prefer someone like Ruffier, Perin, Kardeniz, Sommer, Cillesen, Trapp, Neto, Horn, Fabricio ect as they’re actually top class keepers, but it doesn’t seem we’ll be looking at that.
If that £3m a year for Given is true, I’d expect him gone soon….
Villa’s reportedly scouted Nyland of Malmo and Timo Horn of Koln.
Molde* not Malmo.
Both keepers have half the premier league after them, will be a tough battle to get either.
Of course of course. Everton want Nyland I definitely know. Not sure what better side than us would want Horn though.
Horn is apparently highly regarded in Germany and being touted as a potential successor to Neur. My understanding is Livepool, Arsenal and Real Madrid have seen to have been scouting him.
Nyland has already been tabled an offer from Southampton, Everton are apparently keen as well. I have heard rumours of West Ham, West Brom and a couple others being interested too. But its all rumours, so who knows.
Both keepers look class and would be great signings in my opinion, if we could get them
I don’t think Arsenal need a keeper, Madrid and Pool wouldn’t be surprising, but both would currently ruin Horn with their current keepers still being starters. But yeah, he’s highly, highly rated.
Unless Southampton plan on getting rid of Forster, Nyland isn’t a no go. Everton have reportedly talked to him. West Ham have Adrian who’s done well, West Bromich with Foster.
Not saying we will get either, and as I said, Horn’s clearly my first choice, but either would make incredible signings.
Are you two working the night shift?
Nah im from Australia, the times are a little different over here
Sorry Bum Bum they’ve gone to bed.? I see we got a coverage on TV the weekend 12-45 kick off BT. The discussion of goal keeper’s lost me, Steer should have that chance next season he’s earned the rights, a new player would only inflate another wage bill, Given how long has he got on contract? Cuzan a howler yes but been times he’s saved the Villa, 50-50 to me. Still need solid players in defence Vlaar hit and miss on games, so are one or two others.
On TV? Ace stuff. Early to the pub 🙂 Thanks Bill. I always wondered why Big Brad left so early??? I guess he saw the writing on the wall and jumped ship. Don’t blame him. Shay is getting on and I think Brad has performed admirably at times, but we need to step up. I’ll have to do my homework on foreign keepers before I can offer suggestions, unless Tim and our seemingly busy scouting dept can uncover an English rough diamond to polish up. Should we also be looking at the goalkeeping coaching staff then? On the defensive front, Clarke and Baker will be back next season and again have produced some solid displays this season. I’d let Vlaar go though, he’s just too injury prone and the defence for me is where you need a stable line up more than anywhere on the park.
Benteke??? Him staying hinges on the flip of a coin. If a player is enjoying himself, he’s more likely to stay (Bale apart…), and Liverpool can do one. Who do they think they are? God I hate Rodgers…arrogant tw*t.
Know what you mean about Liverpool, but I don’t think it’s [just?] Rodgers; the club, fans and some of the players [take a bow Mr Gerrard…] are deluded into thinking that ‘history’ gives them some automatic entitlement to permanently be one of the ‘Big 4’ and automatically linked as a place that any player would jump to.
‘History’ is all very well, but to compete at the very highest level needs cash, lots of it, and today that means mega-sponsorships and countless thousands of people on the other side of the world buying crappy shirts, and paying to watch on TV, and an extremely generous billionaire to kick-start all of it in the first place.
Mind you, some of us aren’t always clear on that point either – even though most of our history is back from the 19th Century, with the glorious exception of 1981/82!
Brendan Rogers is a prize bell end.
Fucking hate the bin dippers full stop & anyone associated wiv em.
Slight aside here, but Sherwood has offered a journo a £100 bet that Lerner doesn’t sell this summer.
Does he know something or is he just playing a game?
http://www.101greatgoals.com/blog/tim-sherwood-bets-reporter-100-that-aston-villa-wont-be-sold-this-summer-video/
I’d assume that he knows more than we [or any journo] do…
Maybe, but it could be a bluff.
Or a double bluff.
I don’t know, I can’t pick my nose when it comes to gambling 🙂
Me neither.
But what would be the point of either?
‘Avin a larf..’ is one thing, but why would Sherwood dicuss what I guess might be a bit of a sensitive subject at all?
Also from Brentford – Tim’s No.1 transfer target this summer will be Andre Gray.