Fabian Delph

[cleavers]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/33486125

BBC are usually quite reliable

 

[FantasyIreland]

I don't blame him for trying. Playing with class players and challenging for titles. Fair play to him.

It's the "this is my club" quote when he signed his new deal 6 months ago.

Foolish for expecting an ounce of loyalty.

Do you not even credit the lad with signing that deal in order to provide you with some decent money?

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

Players like this sometimes thrive on having great players around them and sometimes wilt - and whether they do is won or lost in their own heads most of the time. It's pretty much up to him.

Reasonably pleased with this signing.

It's a shame for Villa and their fans though, both of whom I like. We are certainly beneficiaries of a footballing landscape that is both uneven and unfair.

 

[Deleted member 58678]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/33486125

BBC are usually quite reliable

Yeah BBC Sport usually leave rumours and speculation to rumours and speculation pages, anything they run its own page with is usually something that's happening.

Let's hope he has a Barry and Milner impact on this club instead of a Rodwell impact. No reason why not!

 

[FishFoot]

Do you not even credit the lad with signing that deal in order to provide you with some decent money?

Kind of, but £8m really isn't that much of a big deal in top flight football these days.

Crazy, isn't it?

 

[Millwallawayveteran1988]

Hope it works out better than the last English midfielder we bought.

It's a start I suppose.

 

[FantasyIreland]

Players like this sometimes thrive on having great players around them and sometimes wilt - and whether they do is won or lost in their own heads most of the time. It's pretty much up to him.

Reasonably pleased with this signing.

It's a shame for Villa and their fans though, both of whom I like. We are certainly beneficiaries of a footballing landscape that is both uneven and unfair.

I think the balance is provided by Milners engineered departure.

 

[FantasyIreland]

Kind of, but £8m really isn't that much of a big deal in top flight football these days.

Crazy, isn't it?

It may just get you a Fernando??

 

[Mark - TheBlue]

We've jumped on a bargain! I am suprised! No 25 million fee which they would of asked for no doubt. 8M is a fucking steal.

 

[FanchesterCity]

I don't think they're good examples, frankly mate.

Joe Hart was a young kid who showed promise and we picked up for peanuts.

Barry was an England regular when we signed him and obviously had the quality to improve the first XI. He was a real coup.

Johnson showed real promise and was a decent pick up for a few mill, was young, and had resale value if he didn't make the grade and we had to sell him on.

Milner was one of the hottest properties in the league when we bought him from Villa.

Delph is an average player who's already near his peak, our most comparable move in recent years is Sinclair. And we all know how that turned out.

I dispute that Milner was one of the hottest properties in the league.
For me 8m is peanuts in today's money. There's not much to lose and a lot to gain. Delph is becoming an England regular himself, and I wouldn't like to say what his peak is, he's never been in a top team before. Some players rise to the occasion, and many don't. For 8m, he's well worth a punt.
And... even if he doesn't improve in a better team, his current level is good enough to tide us over from time to time whilst we rest / rotate others.