Why would they be worried about getting better players? Now if it was Dundee Utd connections....

Charlie Adam wouldn't go to Villa though, Ferguson maybe and Miller is unlikely. Bougherra or McGregor maybe with Cuellar going the other way.

Kenny Miller don't need to say anything else

This pretty much sums up my feelings, and it's not happened over night either!

McLeish was nowhere near first on my list and I am far from convinced that he is the man to take us back into the top 6. I have also lost faith that the board have the real determination to do that either.
However, I do admire McLeish on a personal level and he is now the manager of AVFC so he has my full support until he does something to mess that up...which I really don't want to happen.
Realistically, I am looking for a serious challenge for the top 6 and at least 1 good cup run. Any finish outside the top 8 would represent failure imo.

Admire him for what? A massive pay increase and Premier League football? I just watched a bit of his press conference there and he does come across well, but then again he always has came across well. He needs to bring in a few quality players and get off to a good start, otherwise it will snowball from there and the season will be a disaster similar to last year. What he does have to his advantage is the fact that he will have a full pre-season under his belt, unlike Houllier.

...and having a lying canut for a chairman isn't going to help...after the bs he trotted out for not appointing mclaren,how could anyone put any faith in anything he says in the future ?

Who did Villa fans want as manager?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/foo...bell-deal.html

Looks like he plans to bring a few of his old pals in.

I expect a megabus full of Rangers players to arrive as well

Anyone see McLeish's press conference yesterday? There's something about him that could positively surprise us.

I thought exactly the same thing.

He also held a meeting with a few fans earlier today. Would love to know what was said/asked. I greatly appreciate his efforts to try and impress the fans.

"Some people might look at this as a cynical PR exercise "

That's my POV

Sky Sports News are saying that Ashley Young is having a medical at Man Utd before his £15m transfer.He will be on wages of £130,000 a week at Utd!

I hope that transfer fee is wrong as with Watford sell on fee we will end up with a £3m profit which is pathetic!

I think it's because he only has 1 year on his contract. So it's either sell him now or he'll go for nothing next year.

New sponsor.

I've never heard of them, but they sound pretty big and I think it looks rather cool.

Hetal I know he has only got one year left on his contract but I still think £15m is a poor price if true especially if we have to pay the sell on fee to Watford!

Anyway The Sun website says Young is going for £20m and he will be on £100,000 a week.Then the BBC website says the fee is £17m for Young.So it seems untill it's officially announced we won't know the fee although I think they will say it's an undisclosed fee as they normally do!

....many managers talk the talk...but can't walk the walk...and mcleish has always been a good talker

Glad to see our new sponsor doesn't have a crappy slogan underneath, unlike last year's abomination. Looks pretty good on the shirt, though I'm still unsure about the check pattern we now have.

I hope the Ash Young transfer fee is between £17-20m. Anything less than that is a dreadful deal, regardless of how long's left on his contract. We paid £9m for him and he's at least twice the player he was when we signed him.

Totally agree Yoshi fan about your comments about Ashley Young.I'm thinking that a figure around £17m is correct!

Now that Young has gone McLeish needs to make sure he keeps Downing as if we lose him we are in trouble!

£17m is a fair price.

The new sponsorship deal is rumoured to be around £8m a year. Good to see our deal reflects our stature as a club.

More bad news!

It seems Downing wants to go to Liverpool (fair enough, we're a sinking ship) and Mat Kendrick has just tweeted we'll only use funds from the players we sell. Well apart from a goalkeeper who wouldn't cost much anyway.

That's unacceptable. A load of players have already left. Randy, pack your bags and fly off back to America. You're a massive joke.

....and villa not being a sell to buy club too...wtf

So we've lost a few players that need replacing desperately. Downing could possibly be on his way soon enough as well. We're at July and nothing has been done transfer wise. Other clubs are doing something. Each day we're losing potential targets.

This is poor.

After MON regularly took the piss with his delayed signings during the transfer windows he had, I'm willing to be patient with McLeish, especially as he's only been in the job a fortnight. Pretty confident the signings will start happening soon.

Whatever happens, it can't be any worse than last summer.

I hope that signings start soon as if we don't we will be starting our pre season games with Guzan in goal!

Despite all these rumours about Downing I'm still hoping that either we refuse to sell or Liverpool refuse to pay the £20m for Downing!