Haven’t Villa already bought a midfielder?
Have we actually had any ITK on Bissouma or are we just taking the Times at face value?
Have we actually had any ITK on Bissouma or are we just taking the Times at face value?
I think its Gary Jacob and Paul Joyce. The latter is as tier 1 as they come.Gary Jacob has been very reliable I believe.
Huh. Well I was not aware of that, I guess I was just theorizing. I stand corrected - thank you good sir, for the information!I don't see how you've made that connection. We have a history of sending 2-3 of our youth players on loan to the same club and it has yielded some success for us, be it the player made it to the 1st team or the player was sold on for a profit (even a nominal one).
Tom Carroll & Harry Kane - Leyton Orient (2010/2011)
Jake Livermore & Ben Alnwick - Leeds ( 2010/2011)
Harry Kane & Ryan Mason - Millwall ( 2011/2012)
Ryan Mason, Grant Hall, Alex Pritchard - Swindon (2013/2014)
The number of players we send out on loan to one club is significantly less important than where we send them. That's what the club has struggled with recently, outside of Skipp's loan, we've had a long series of loans that didn't work out for our players.
Arrested in October and still under investigation. If there was no case to answer, it would be dismissed quickly. Not sure what the delay is here, as they would reach a conclusion quite quickly whether to proceed or not. It is a bit odd given the alleged offence happened in a club where you would have plenty of witnesses and CCTV. I guess the police are trying to be 100% given recent history. I personally don't see it as worth the risk, unless the buying clubs know something we don't.From what I've read, there is no court case pending. Supposedly the incident is still under investigation which was an extremely long time ago.
Arrested in October and still under investigation. If there was no case to answer, it would be dismissed quickly. Not sure what the delay is here, as they would reach a conclusion quite quickly whether to proceed or not. It is a bit odd given the alleged offence happened in a club where you would have plenty of witnesses and CCTV. I guess the police are trying to be 100% given recent history. I personally don't see it as worth the risk, unless the buying clubs know something we don't.
I mean he hasn't even been charged by the looks of it, but he is under investigation. Bissouma was even allowed to travel internationally for AFCON, if he was guility, why would they allow that to happen? The other person was arrested and released on bail though, so educated guess would be someone in his entourage commited the offence.Like someone mentioned, you'd think Brighton and Potter would have an idea of whats going on. If it was serious/bad surely he doesnt play.
There was something I read recently from one of the usual spurs journos, and they casually threw in a bit about Paratici and said that we've evolved a lot now, and (possibly paraphrasing) recently rejected the chance to sign a PL player over concerns he'd be a disruptive influence or something. I don't know who it was speculating about, but I found it more interesting that we're now doing that (having signed Aurier when he was essentially in trouble with the fuzz, and Ndombele being a self-fulfilling propecy); as a result, I'd be surprised if we went for anyone with even the slightest whiff of trouble.Arrested in October and still under investigation. If there was no case to answer, it would be dismissed quickly. Not sure what the delay is here, as they would reach a conclusion quite quickly whether to proceed or not. It is a bit odd given the alleged offence happened in a club where you would have plenty of witnesses and CCTV. I guess the police are trying to be 100% given recent history. I personally don't see it as worth the risk, unless the buying clubs know something we don't.
Huh. Well I was not aware of that, I guess I was just theorizing. I stand corrected - thank you good sir, for the information!
Definitely, real shame that one. I suppose that might fall under the new assistant director/head of recruitment that we have coming in.Sure thing. However it plays out, I just hope they both end up clubs that will actually take a vested interest in their development rather than filling out the roster ( see Nile John to Charlton most recently).
Definitely, real shame that one. I suppose that might fall under the new assistant director/head of recruitment that we have coming in.
There was something I read recently from one of the usual spurs journos, and they casually threw in a bit about Paratici and said that we've evolved a lot now, and (possibly paraphrasing) recently rejected the chance to sign a PL player over concerns he'd be a disruptive influence or something. I don't know who it was speculating about, but I found it more interesting that we're now doing that (having signed Aurier when he was essentially in trouble with the fuzz, and Ndombele being a self-fulfilling propecy); as a result, I'd be surprised if we went for anyone with even the slightest whiff of trouble.
It was Pogba supposedlyThere was something I read recently from one of the usual spurs journos, and they casually threw in a bit about Paratici and said that we've evolved a lot now, and (possibly paraphrasing) recently rejected the chance to sign a PL player over concerns he'd be a disruptive influence or something. I don't know who it was speculating about, but I found it more interesting that we're now doing that (having signed Aurier when he was essentially in trouble with the fuzz, and Ndombele being a self-fulfilling propecy); as a result, I'd be surprised if we went for anyone with even the slightest whiff of trouble.
Are you me? That's some freaky shit.It was Pogba supposedly.