And / or Aaron Ramsey size wages of approx. £400k a week (well maybe not quite that high).
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[Albion] Sky sports: Villa interested in Biss
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And / or Aaron Ramsey size wages of approx. £400k a week (well maybe not quite that high).
I can't imagine for one minute that BHA will sell Biss in this transfer window. However, once we get to the summer we will HAVE to sell, as it's pretty unlikely Biss will sign a contract extension - we simply wouldn't be able to pay him enough (compared to what he could get by running down his contract). And once we get to the summer (assuming he is cleared of the alleged issue) the big guns will be interested (again)....bigger guns than Villa, no matter how much Villa have splurged in the recent past. Added to which, I simply cannot imagine Biss living in the West Midlands.... 
I love Biss and he's only going to get better, but there is no reason for him to sign a new deal at the moment. Yeah, security is a thing but he's 25 and that short term security would potentially rule him out of a massive move until he's 30 if he ties himself down without a release clause.
I actually could see him going. I don't think he will, but if the club know that he's not going to sign and an offer comes in that's too big to reject, then the club will do what it needs to do.
I actually could see him going. I don't think he will, but if the club know that he's not going to sign and an offer comes in that's too big to reject, then the club will do what it needs to do.
Lower West Stander
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I think there's a higher probability than many on here are suggesting.
Times reported he was quite keen - which wouldn't have been said if they hadn't got it from somewhere.
18 months left - won't re-sign. Decent bid. Can see it happening.
Times reported he was quite keen - which wouldn't have been said if they hadn't got it from somewhere.
18 months left - won't re-sign. Decent bid. Can see it happening.
In all honesty, I'd be happy to market him as (if not available) then a player we would talk to others clubs about. And, if someone offered us £50m+ for him now, I'd probably take it.
He's a valuable player to us, but more valuable is the message that we sell on our terms.
He's a valuable player to us, but more valuable is the message that we sell on our terms.
Which - if you saw any of his Instagram last summer - is the bare minimum needed to support his love of natty designer gear.
Indeed. No chance of major honours now unless he was to take a huge pay cut and get Palace to release him on a free. His performances have dropped off massively in the last year or so, Palace fans are getting restless with him now, he is just an overpaid EPL player who can’t live up to his previous billing.
Me and my Monkey
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If Biss wasn't to sign a new contract with us, why would he want to sign for mid table Aston Villa? He can do better, surely? Villa would be a poor choice.
Corrected for you
If it's the only offer on the table, then at least doubling his wages will probably do it - doesn't mean he can't move again within a year or two.........anyway, if Villa do bid I suspect it'll bring others to the table pretty quickly.
Change at Barnham
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Andy Naylor in The Athletic is very conservative in what he writes and tweets about without firstly being given a 'heads up' from the club.
Yesterday's article was headlined, "Brighton are aware of interest in Yves Bissouma but will demand £50m to sell him this month."
My take on it is that Brighton have basically gone public with a 'take it, or leave it' offer to Villa.
But with the club happy to hold back until the summer window if they don't fork out £50m this window.
Meanwhile, Villa will know that if they strike now they would likely be able to jump the queue ahead of higher placed clubs like Liverpool.
Villa are clearly showing intent on strengthening and most likely gave assurances to Gerrard before he agreed to join.
Having already signed Coutinho and expected to sign Lucas Digne from Everton, the signing of Bissouma would be a brilliant transfer window for them.
Yesterday's article was headlined, "Brighton are aware of interest in Yves Bissouma but will demand £50m to sell him this month."
My take on it is that Brighton have basically gone public with a 'take it, or leave it' offer to Villa.
But with the club happy to hold back until the summer window if they don't fork out £50m this window.
Meanwhile, Villa will know that if they strike now they would likely be able to jump the queue ahead of higher placed clubs like Liverpool.
Villa are clearly showing intent on strengthening and most likely gave assurances to Gerrard before he agreed to join.
Having already signed Coutinho and expected to sign Lucas Digne from Everton, the signing of Bissouma would be a brilliant transfer window for them.
Cowfold Seagull
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I'm sure that Tony and the board have a price in mind that they would be prepared to sell at, and if Villa match it, then the player will have no choice in the matter but to go.
At the end of the day money talks. Every player in the land is available to every club, at the right price.
nwgull
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Players do have a choice in this matter. It doesn't happen very often, but players certainly can turn down a move if they don't want to go to a buying club for whatever reason.
I would be terribly sorry for Biss to go but I'm resigned to the inevitability that he will. I do hope - for his sake - that he has more ambition than to go to Villa. He deserves to go to a top side whether in the EPL or in Europe where he can win trophies and compete at the highest level. And that isn't Villa.
I know it isn't his normal style, but it looked very much like an attempt to generate a story around the transfer window, where maybe one doesn't exist. If it were a priority for the player he could so easily have made himself unavailable for AFCON, given his previous international record. I can't see the club being in an hurry to disrupt a promising season either.
Not Andy Naylor
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I'm sorry to disillusion you, but Times writers are just as capable of recycling other publications' clickbait rumours as anyone else.
Lower West Stander
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Defer to your knowledge!
money
Villa are also a big club with good history so could be disguised but yeah , cash is king
the thought of it is crap though , Bissouma bosses the midfield against everyone. I'm worried about missing him fri , let alone forever
Best player we've had