Presumably the idea was that if they sold Watkins they wouldn’t have to sell Duran
Villa have come out and said they need to sell a player. This is a club that has spent big in the last five years, and even with Champions League money they are feeling the squeeze from FSR.
I don’t expect anything to materialise, and I don’t really want Watkins for that money
I agree with MO here...there was no indication from them that Watkins is for sale, the rumours have always been about Duran.
Our bid was just us being silly as usual and letting the whole world know that we are willing to pay over the odds for someone whom the market is not even interested in. What this ensures is that if we do go after any of the other realisable targets, we'll be forced to cough out at least £60m.
Well I'm glad the Saudis have helped us out by taking Duran (this also leaves Boniface free) as though Watkins is far better than all the options we have now, I can't help but feel this move is about a year or 2 late.
Why would one Saudi Club buying Duran leave Boniface free? You realise there’s a lot of different Saudi clubs all with more money to spend than common sense.Originally Posted by 21_GOONER_SALUTE
Its the same club, they had their bid accepted by Leverkusen after earlier approaches for Duran were rebuffed. Apparently they only need one of them.
depressing to see a talented player like Duran sell his soul
They will get shedloads of cash wherever they play, don't these guys want to win something meaningful in their careers?
As I said about Duran yesterday, he doesn’t come across as someone with a strong work ethic. Also given that so many European clubs are subsidised by human rights abusers from gulf countries….it would be just as easy to say he’d be selling his soul over here.
Shame the Saudi League wasn’t more prominent when Ozil decided he was just going to hang around to be a troll.
Yes, very fair point, but that doesn't apply to all clubs and also it's a bit different to play for a club that's funded by arab countries and actually going over there to endorse their way of living and their BS league
plus it means he's going to a league which is meaningless in terms of earning any accolades or seeing how far you can go as a player - it's the lack of ambition that's depressing as well as the human rights angle
Why would anything else matter when you’re being paid something obscene. Money that’s even obscene by today’s football standards.
The kid is probably from a shit background and couldn’t care less about developing himself as a player nor does he have any emotional connection to Villa. It’s a no brainer of a decision really if you’re him.
Ok, that might well be what he's thinking but whatever his background he'll already be on good money - sure he may not care about Villa but it's fair to say a lot of top-level players do want to win meaningful titles/trophies, whichever club it's for
Supposedly Villa are now interested in this Mathys Tel chap () alongside us and spurs.
Price would be 50-60m rupees or whatever the hell it is.
Also we are ready to make an offer for him too.
I don't think we really know what the hell we are doing tbh.
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