I’m starting a little earlier then expected. The transfer-window closes in a 24 hours I will be keeping you all up with all the latest transfer news regarding Aston Villa, and maybe some other interesting things.
20:46: Shay Given WILL NOT be joining Liverpool on loan
20:45: I’ve been out for a bit. But Kozak has joined Aston Villa on a 4-year contract. And Bannan has agreed a move to Crystal Palace
17:54: Ireland has joined Stoke City on a season-long! Rejoice!
16:48: It’s close to official. Barry Bannan is nearing a move to Blackpool. He is set to join for a fee of £1.75 million and sign a 3-year deal. So I guess I was wrong, Bannan will move to Blackpool on a permanent deal, not a season-long loan
15:18: Ireland has arrived at Stoke to finalise his loan move.
14:34: It now appears that Kozak will cost Aston Villa £7m. The deal also includes add-ons. That’s a lot of money for someone who hadn’t scored a League goal last season! Apparently he is very versatile and an out-and-out striker.
14:33: Bannan’s move to Crystal Palace appears to be a season-long loan. That means that Aston Villa will not be able to offload any players permanently.
14:31: Mark Hughes is close to sealing a season-long loan deal with out of favour midfielder Stephen Ireland
12:24: According to Mat Kendrick and Stan Collymore they believe that Kozak would most likely be our only acquisition. With Bannan to Crystal Palace the only departure. On Twitter some claim that Lazio have also suggested right-back, Pereirinha and centre-back Stankevicius.
10:08: Apparently a fee has been agreed with Lazio. It appears to be a 7.5 million euro fee with 1.5 million euro add-ons. This means that the deal will cost Aston Villa roughly 9 million euros. That’s a lot of money.
9:29: Not much going on regarding Aston Villa, the only reports I find relate to Bannan’s medical at Crystal Palace. Stoke have bought in Arnautovic which is an interesting signing. Liverpool have strengthened their defence with Sakho and Ilori.
06:54: Today is transfer deadline day. I’ll be keeping you all up to date with all the recent transfer rumours and news. Last season, Paul Lambert brought in Ashley Westwood and Christian Benteke on transfer deadline. Will there again be activity at Villa Park? Well, so far Aston Villa are linked with a move with Lazio forward Kozak and Bannan is linked with a move to Crystal Palace.
23:00: It’s midnight where I live, I’ll be back tomorrow morning to continue this thread. Discuss below and if you hear of any juicy rumours remember to Tweet at the Aston Villa News and Views twitter account. It’s easy for me to check out and post all the rumours. Good night.
22:54: Rumour: Palace are trying to get Aston Villa to pay-off Bannan’s contract. This will see Aston Villa lose money in order to get Bannan of their hands. Villa are trying to negotiate that.
22:43: Rumour: Lukaku is bookies favourite to join Aston Villa on loan.
22:37: Romour: According to an ITK lady, Kozak is just a ‘smokescreen’ signing. Paul Lambert and Faulkner have an even bigger name lined up. Don’t know any more than that, I’d imagine that would only happen if we sell Bannan and Given though
22:27: People claiming a deal has been struck for Kozak, I’m hearing fee’s of 4 million or €7.5m plus add-ons. Nothing is official until confirmed, but Kovak will very likely be an Aston Villa player tomorrow.
22:19: Barry Bannan is currently at a hotel in London. Palace are negotiating a fee with Aston Villa for midfielder Barry Bannan. He will most likely be off, I can see this being a low transfer fee.
22:18: Kozak is rumoured to be joining Aston Villa on a permanent deal! A loan deal was rumoured earlier but everyone on Twitter is claiming a permanent. Fee isn’t mentioned. Deal to be completed tomorrow.
it is a vlarr, vlarr better thing I do now than I have ever done 😉
stoke have signed ireland on season long loan. its official 🙂
Wonder what percentage of his wages we will be stumping up?
vlarr from the madding crowd. 😉
ok i’ll stop now 😀
We could always start calling him OOHVLAAR…
By Thomas Vlaardy.
Kojak has signed too, I wonder if we’ll see anyone else in?
What was the fee Foxy??
Dunno. Here’s a quote from the OS:
Lambert said: “We’ve been on this one for the last few months, trying to bring him to the Club, so I’m delighted to get it across the line.
“Libor has an unbelievable scoring record in the Europa League, incredible really. He wasn’t given much opportunity for Lazio in Serie A but he showed proper potential in leading the line there at a strong club with a great tradition and we need somebody like him as we only have Christian Benteke really as a main target man.
“He’ll take that burden off Christian and he’ll add greatly to what we’ve got, with the likes of Nicklas Helenius, who’s a different type of player, Gabby Agonlahor, Aleks Tonev and Andi Weimann in that area of the pitch where we can hurt teams. Libor’s powerful, too, and I’m looking forward to working with him. We needed to bring in someone like Libor to help the overall philosophy to work.
“It’s a matter of him now integrating with the group, which he’ll do. We’ve brought in seven players this summer and we’re trying to build the squad. It’s getting there, no doubt about that and we’ll keep building it.”
No chance what a fuckin waste of money that was pointless signing
You really vlaar are a little ray of sunshine.
Can your crystal ball tell me if my car is too rusty to repair before I potentially waste time removing the bodywork and any chance of Saturday’s lottery numbers please? We all want to get into Europe and as soon as we sign someone with Europe experience you slate him before we’ve seen him play! He could be a cracker of a player and could lead the line in cup matches. Who knows. In Lambert I trust.
Typical comment from you!pathetic!!!!
Agreed.. i admit i was shocked as to why we want him. but to call it a terrible singing is a joke!!
PL has spent 4M plus only twice.. 1 is worth 30M and the other look likely to quadruple his value and yet your fcuking moaning away…. UNBELIEVABLE JEFF.
Kozak done deal.
Bannan to Blackpool for 1.75m????
In a lot of ways the Kozak deal makes sense…but I think we all hoped that a creative mid would come in today…I guess there is still time!
And a dm and ch priority is all wrong
Agreed ooh what the fuck is lambert playing at
Given to Liverpool on loan…? We seem to be doing well at offloading these players, even if only on loan.
Deal done, Kozak 5mil
IReland to Stoke season loan done
Welcome Kozak. I hope he shows us what he is made of and really puts pressure on Benteke to improve.
Great news about Ireland and good luck to Bannan. He is still a product of our academy and I wish him all the success.
A bit surprised Given hasn’t been shifted yet or have I missed something?
PL said he’s been on this one for a while.. must rate him and not just a last ditch buy then..
I think its quite funny that a lot of these people that are ITK are saying that there will be definitely no more transfers now. These are the same people that had no idea that we had been tracking/would sign Krolak!! ha ha.
We never sign anyone last minute traditionally. We would at least be linked with someone by now. We have what we have unfortunately another shite window
A shite window? I’m pretty pleased really. We have strengthened in all areas, and I think we have done better business than a lot of teams. Sure we would always want more but this is a gradual process. Rebuilding Aston Villa is a massive task, and Lambert has changed the squad hugely without breaking the bank.
Lets judge by how we perform across the season. I’m not expecting miracles but I do expect we will see a significant improvement.
Where have we strengthened in midfield and defence except okore ffs
Bacuna, Luna… although Bacuna solves both midfield and defensive roles
Bacuna was shite v Liverpool Luna is marginally better than Bennett defensively but going going forward. Lowton and Westwood being found out,vlaar lets not go there, sylla average at best tonev out if his depth, helenius might be ok kae will not be able to keep it up too lightweight. Benteke of course excellent. We are a shite team going nowhere fast
Depends what you call midfield. Bacuna and Tonev fit the bill from a wide POV, Tonev and Helenius have both been mooted as options behind Benteke. As someone else has mentioned Bacuna is backup fullback. Luna and Okore in defence, Steer as backup keeper, now we have backup for Benteke with Kozak. Or have you dismissed most of he signings off hand?
All rubbish players
*Who the hell is Krolak?! I mean Kozak…
Another one, go get another one in, hurry PL and PF, DM DM DM DM DM or an AM
No chance md8 our business is done and dusted and Lerner has parted with £12m should be enough to keep us up but not much more. Fuckin embarrassment
Wondering why we need another forward but depth in squad is good.Kozak has a good head,fast shot and can take a pen.With Bannan,Ireland going will we sneak a CM in maybe maybe not #UTV
A great way to keep Benteke grounded if you ask me.
Where’s JD? Testin 1 2 1, JD whats the news on the twitter mate
Got a feeling we will get one more! Welcome kozak, got a feeling he will be a good solid player for us.
Why have we signed this Libor bloke, his record is shocking for lazio in the league..and he’s been loaned out.. Bannan should have stayed. For fuck sakes…… Aghhhh
Bent will score a hat trick against but Bannan will only score one, not all bad mate
Bannan is a championship player, even sylla is above him a league 2 frenchie.
I personally think this is the best transfer window we’ve seen for ages – we’ve singed a good few players with bags of potential. I much rather us do this than sign a load of has beens with over-inflated egos and wages.
Other than Okore who else is any good?
More negativity shall we all support Man U ffs???????????
Be easier