Ollie Watkins

[8lade]

I don't believe we've changed our ambition re OW's price. It's always been a number in the high 20s plus add-ons

And some thought we were letting him go for £18...

Keep him then. He'll do well in the Championship, not sure he's cut out for stepping up.

 

[true99blade]

Might give us the cash to buy the player that wins us the European Cup. So who knows!

You couldn’t avoid defeat to heavyweights Stoke and Barnsley when you were gifted the opportunity for promotion. Hold your horses mate.

 

[BanderSerge]

All part of the game.

Everything you need to know about Brentfordalona can be found in their purchase of the ground that they bought off Latvia U-21’s. Slap bang in the middle of London and it’s got a seventeen (17) thousand capacity FFS. Two bob, no Mark, irrelevant f#ckers.

 

[Brumdog66]

Hahaha a Brentford fan what type of a club beats Leeds in the bottling promotion competition

 

[Greenwich Blade]

Oh. Banana is back. Yippee.

 

[Mouth of the South]

If Villa are determined to repeat last season's mistake of reckless spending and they're keen on Watkins, why wouldn't Brentford seek to maximise how much they get for him?

Judging by how much over the top Villa paid for Cash, gazumping others, including Utd, by several £m, then I don't blame Benham & co for seeking, what appears to be at face value, a frankly ridiculous fee for a player yet to play a game in the Prem.

 

[Johnstreetstand]

What sort of Cock shaped fruit could possibly think that supposed success off the pitch is more important than actual success on it.
It's not the fuckin "Apprentice" it's Sport.

 

[WhoDatBlade]

 

[Mesut Özil's Lawnmower]

33mil ffs, sure it was 18m a week ago

Brentford are having their pants down

 

[S40BLADE]

Villa paying for their new ground...
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[SufcBilly]

Thats beyond stupid money

 

[Berkshire Blade]

Brentford are so well run it makes it even more bizarre we got joc and Egan for under 5 million

 

[BushBlade]

Who knows, but I think within the next 3-4 seasons we’ll be able to compete with the bottom half teams and if BushBlade is on the money with the Leicester model, I think even higher if we’re selling a £60M player each season.

I never said anything about selling £60m players every season. If we can do it every third season we’ll be doing well in our scouting, recruitment and development.

 

[Bladeinleeds]

33mil ffs, sure it was 18m a week ago

Brentford are having their pants down

Fair play, they have absolutely shit the bed after missing out on Wilson!

this is good news in our potential chaser for Brewster / another though. We were never going to pay that much for him.

Well done to Forest and Brentford - know a desperate club with a desperate manager that knows he needs to win to keep his job.

 

[Tony Currie]

He looks useful and could be coached into a premiership role, not sure Dean is the man for that. He could be another Robinson type buy. What happened to all their buys last season?

Villa really have gone mad on fees and wages, it all suggests Grealish is leaving which I believe is curtains for Villa.

 

[S64 Blade]

Brentford are so well run it makes it even more bizarre we got joc and Egan for under 5 million

Probably realised they messed up there and have instead taxed Villa for it.

 

[itsinyerblood]

Any wonder that it's rumoured that Smith may soon be looking for another job? Just like last season, and all that cash splashed just to avoid relegation.

Just makes me think what Wilder would do if he had the same resources at his disposal?

 

[Bill puntin]

33mil ffs, sure it was 18m a week ago

Brentford are having their pants down

Good on em they will be bankrupt way they are going

 

[HeCanDoMagic]

That price is insane/ridiculous/absurd/pathetic.

1 - Brentford asking for the price - daft
2 - Villa paying that price - dafter x 10

Watkins, this window, and off the top of my head, valued more than;

• Callum Wilson
• Allan
• Doucoure
• Doherty
• Ferran Torres

Ridiculous.

 

[Brian Deane]

Is this a wind up....Have Villa REALLY spunked £28m rising to £33m on Watkins .............

 

[Bladeinleeds]

That price is insane/ridiculous/absurd/pathetic.

1 - Brentford asking for the price - daft
2 - Villa paying that price - dafter x 10

Watkins, this window, and off the top of my head, valued more than;

• Callum Wilson
• Allan
• Doucoure
• Doherty
• Ferran Torres

Ridiculous.

Why are Brentford daft? They have held firm and just raised about an extra 15m from what a reasonable price (his release clause) would have been. That Extra will pay the squads wages for a year easily.

Same with forest and cash - take advantage of a desperate club and manger

 

[Roygbiv]

Can't fault Brentford. They know what happens when Villa get desperate. Played the long game brilliantly.

Villa have now spent almost £50m on two players who have never played in the Premier League.

 

[FTPE]

I'd like him but, but Wilder could build another team with that kind of money.

 

[LoughboroBlade]

The 5 minutes of that £18m release clause rumour were a lot of fun.

 

[Banana]

 

[SufcBilly]

No Bids.

 

[Yellarbellyblade]

Come on Banana chap tell us the goss!!!

 

[HeCanDoMagic]

Why are Brentford daft? They have held firm and just raised about an extra 15m from what a reasonable price (his release clause) would have been. That Extra will pay the squads wages for a year easily.

Same with forest and cash - take advantage of a desperate club and manger

Think I badly potrayed my point.

I think its daft that Brentford could ask for that kind of money and get it. There's no negativity aimed at Brentford.

It'd be like us asking £20m for Osborne. We'd be daft. Because there should be no chance of getting it - although seemingly if its Villa that want him...!

 

[HeCanDoMagic]

£33m though.

 

[MCRBlade]

Madness. I don’t see Watkins anywhere near as good as Maupay was before he signed for Brighton.