richards30 said:Yes please!!! Villa working with aguero, silva, navas and yaya would be brilliant!
cmdub said:the fact that spurs fans are getting giddy about signing villa tells me all i need to know:
no thanks. hes on the wrong side of his career and wants way too much in wages.
not to mention the 'sky sources' that said this morning city and liverpool have been offered to him are late to that party, i specifically remember TH posting that weeks ago
richards30 said:@BBS just some one on twitter mate (I know I know ;-)) think we all just want abit of news to be honest. Still a great player, wish we could have for him 3-4 years ago but would still be a great signing for a couple off years.
IeMo_2007 said:Manchester City are preparing to put the skids under Tottenham Hotspur's bid for Barcelona striker David Villa.
The Londoners have been eyeing the 31-year-old for months and it is understood that technical director in charge of player recruitment Franco Baldini will now make a formal move for the player.
But Villa is making life difficult and on top of an £8 million transfer fee, the north London outfit will need to find around £100,000 a week to tempt a player who is currently on £160,000 at the Nou Camp.
Spurs are simply not in that sort of market place as they bid to keep Gareth Bale which would of course make him the club's biggest earner by a considerable distance.
To even consider around £100,000 a week for Villa is not a serious option for chairman Daniel Levy who is one of the most financially astute and toughest negotiators in the game given the new Financial Fair Play rules which come in next season.
City, however, would have no problems offering a deal of around the £100,000 plus transfer fee following the departure of Tevez who was on £200,000.
A source at the Etihad said: "He would be the ideal back up striker to our front two and comes with the advantage of leaving wriggle room within the FFP regulations.
"There's definite interest here so long as Villa's desire to stay at the Nou Camp doesn't see him demanding a weekly wage of the £160,000 he currently earning."
The link :
<a class="postlink" href="http://www.sportsdirectnews.com/premier-league/27186-mcfc-transfer-news-city-to-make-villa-bid.php" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.sportsdirectnews.com/premier ... la-bid.php</a>
BringBackSwales said:richards30 said:@BBS just some one on twitter mate (I know I know ;-)) think we all just want abit of news to be honest. Still a great player, wish we could have for him 3-4 years ago but would still be a great signing for a couple off years.
would be a great signing fella; by the way what's with the @BBS, the day I go on twitter is the day you make a post without the word mate in it!
Ray78 said:IeMo_2007 said:Manchester City are preparing to put the skids under Tottenham Hotspur's bid for Barcelona striker David Villa.
The Londoners have been eyeing the 31-year-old for months and it is understood that technical director in charge of player recruitment Franco Baldini will now make a formal move for the player.
But Villa is making life difficult and on top of an £8 million transfer fee, the north London outfit will need to find around £100,000 a week to tempt a player who is currently on £160,000 at the Nou Camp.
Spurs are simply not in that sort of market place as they bid to keep Gareth Bale which would of course make him the club's biggest earner by a considerable distance.
To even consider around £100,000 a week for Villa is not a serious option for chairman Daniel Levy who is one of the most financially astute and toughest negotiators in the game given the new Financial Fair Play rules which come in next season.
City, however, would have no problems offering a deal of around the £100,000 plus transfer fee following the departure of Tevez who was on £200,000.
A source at the Etihad said: "He would be the ideal back up striker to our front two and comes with the advantage of leaving wriggle room within the FFP regulations.
"There's definite interest here so long as Villa's desire to stay at the Nou Camp doesn't see him demanding a weekly wage of the £160,000 he currently earning."
The link :
<a class="postlink" href="http://www.sportsdirectnews.com/premier-league/27186-mcfc-transfer-news-city-to-make-villa-bid.php" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.sportsdirectnews.com/premier ... la-bid.php</a>
Maybe not.