Lewis Dunk- Villa

[Peever]

Thread about this over on the Villa board. No one is really sure who he is or anything so not one is keen on him in honesty. Courtesy of my reading's here though I do know he has something to offer. Though to be I dont think we are in that desperate need of a centre halve at the moment. Dunne, Collins, Cuellar, Clark and Baker has been in his bit for us as well so it does seem like a nothing story. However, was reported AM was in talks of sending Cuellar back to Rangers and with sending him off and bringing in another young talent does make sense.

Good points made above though, if he does want to do whats best for his pro career long term he best stay at Brighton and get the playing time. If he came to Villa he would be a fringe player and only getting a game through injury or with the reserves. First time action with Brighton seems a better option!

Could also be that AM has the same thought process of what we have done with Enda Stevens from Shamrock Rovers. Signed him and right away put him on loan back with Rovers. Only time will tell :guitar:

 

[Stat Man]

Fingers crossed he has an agent as sensible as Bridcutt's and not out for a quick buck like the majority of them.

 

[WallyBanana]

[MENTION=1198]RobynTalkSPORT[/MENTION] (newsreader Robyn Schonhofer BHA fan) tweeted about it last week. Glenn Roeder is a scout for Villa and watched the Sunderland game and will be watching v Liverpool too.

Saw Roeder at the Sunderland game........

 

[WhingForPresident]

OP once again claiming "inside knowledge" that was already public knowledge
I was also informed of this. In the papers last week..

 

[Thunder Bolt]

An Arsenal scout has also been watching him since the beginning of the season.

 

[ees complicated no?]

We wont sell him, he's happy, we are in no need of money, he playing well, I cant think of a single reason why he / we would want to sell him.

 

[Peever]

We wont sell him, he's happy, we are in no need of money, he playing well, I cant think of a single reason why he / we would want to sell him.

O I know! Money in his bank account

 

[DarrenFreemansPerm]

£8 million or do one.

This might sound a bit long winded, but a guy I work with plays football with a bloke who knows Dunks brother, and he was talking about Newcastle and apparently they have an £8m deal in the pipeline!

 

[mcshane in the 79th]

Where does all this £8=10m come from I would think TB and Gus would snatch anybodys hand off at £5m, probably nearer £3m.

Indeed. Our recent history of not producing youngsters that have gone onto hit the big time will count against us here. Just look at the price Saints got for Chamberlain, there's no way they would have got that had they not produced Bale and Walcott. Can't see Bloom would turn £3m-£5m down for him.

 

[The_Real_SussexSeagull123]

Keep him!"

 

[goodoldsussexbythesea]

This might sound a bit long winded, but a guy I work with plays football with a bloke who knows Dunks brother, and he was talking about Newcastle and apparently they have an £8m deal in the pipeline!

my mums friends dads brothers daughters boyfriends aunts friend knows ronaldo and apparently we have had a 500k bid accepted

 

[rabbitmaddie]

my mums friends dads brothers daughters boyfriends aunts friend knows ronaldo and apparently we have had a 500k bid accepted

Is that per week?

 

[piersa]

Maybe not but what's he on at Brighton? What would he be on at Villa?

What would Brighton get for him? What could they do with that in terms of bringing in one or two more?

Football's a business for the clubs and a career for the players - no room for sentiment, (generally) - if the numbers added up for player and club it'd happen

on the noggin.

 

[Albion Robster]

[MENTION=1198]RobynTalkSPORT[/MENTION] (newsreader Robyn Schonhofer BHA fan) tweeted about it last week. Glenn Roeder is a scout for Villa and watched the Sunderland game and will be watching v Liverpool too.

I do hope Gus rests Dunk against Liverpool.
1 - He's on four yelllow cards, the next Yellow could rule him out of the Leeds or Palarse games - which are more vital in my opinion.
2 - If he has a good game and marks out Andy Carroll (which won't be difficult judging yesterdays performance by the Geordie Gypo), that will only increase his allready growing reputation.
3 - He's played every minute of each game so far this season, in his first 'proper' season as a pro, all but a few appearances last season. A rest will keep him sharp for Dirty Leeds on Friday.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

I would think TB and Gus would snatch anybodys hand off at £5m, probably nearer £3m.

Why? We'd be hard pushed to adequately replace him for that. It's not about the quick buck survival fund anymore. There's no rush to sell Dunk, he's a young player just starting out on his career. His value will only go up.

 

[Storer 68]

Why is it always bloody villa who take our top young talent!!

such as........................

and Gareth Barry wsn't technically ours (never played for BHAFC at any level) for Villa to pay over a million for, but hey ho..........

 

[Storer 68]

I do hope Gus rests Dunk against Liverpool.
1 - He's on four yelllow cards, the next Yellow could rule him out of the Leeds or Palarse games - which are more vital in my opinion.
2 - If he has a good game and marks out Andy Carroll (which won't be difficult judging yesterdays performance by the Geordie Gypo), that will only increase his allready growing reputation.
3 - He's played every minute of each game so far this season, in his first 'proper' season as a pro, all but a few appearances last season. A rest will keep him sharp for Dirty Leeds on Friday.

If he's on four yellows already, we might as well let him play and take the suspension as soon as we can.

The Liverpool game is not the most important (atlho it is the most mouth watering)

 

[deletebeepbeepbeep]

Due to this age, we shouldn't be letting Dunk go on the cheap, he could have a massiv future in front of him and I'd be very diasppointed if it was something like 1-2 million pounds. He's worth much more because of his age.

 

[BensGrandad]

Why? We'd be hard pushed to adequately replace him for that. It's not about the quick buck survival fund anymore. There's no rush to sell Dunk, he's a young player just starting out on his career. His value will only go up.

I would think that for £3m- £5m we could easily replace Dunk not with an up and coming prospect but an experieneced defender as good as him but obviously not with as long a future as him. In fact I would think that we could probably buy 2 players for £5m.

 

[JJB]

for a young CB, £3-4million at most. It's attacking players that go for the big bucks. We got £5million for Bale, can't see you that in all honesty.