Ibrahim Afellay jetting in for talks.

[Villa Shelley]

My contact is head of the groundstaff and he usually informs me every summer of any visitors to the training ground.

Well, at least there is a blue nose ITK poster this year. It was a little dull without one!

[maybers]

Stick to Daddies, that's a quality sauce! According to Wikipedia Afellay has signed for Sevilla!

[towbartone]

cockney_villain wrote:
oh, and if gareth barry ever wears a villa shirt again, i'll pluck my scrotum


If we have Barry back we will pluck your scrotum

[towbartone]

Dont want to burst any bubbles lads but just found this on google, is this the "scource"?


playmaker Afellay
28.07.10 | tribalfootball.com
READ MORE NEWS ON: Arsenal, Aston Villa, Manchester City, PSV, PSV Eindhoven, Robin Van Persie
Premiership clubs are getting a clear run at PSV Eindhoven midfielder Ibrahim Afellay.

Afellay has been linked with Aston Villa as a replacement for Manchester City target James Milner.

Villa were thought to be battling Hamburg for the Holland international, however, Algemeen Dagblad says the Germans have dropped out of the running.

Afellay is inside the final 12 months of his existing deal and along with Villa, Robin van Persie would love to see his close friend join him at Arsenal this season.

[pingjim]

cockney_villain wrote:
oh, and if gareth barry ever wears a villa shirt again, i'll pluck my scrotum


If we have Barry back we will pluck your scrotum

[DanEgan12345]

Ahhh... this is more like it! Love how ridiculous rumours like this are in the transfer window! This close-season didn't seem quite real... as if something was missing. This thread has just reminded me what it was.

I love the "Don't quote me on this but my postman's dog accidentally found his way into MON's garden and pissed on Lionel Messi's leg, so Messi left in a huff and decied to stay at Barca"... type rumours!

Now this pre-season feels real!

[tomskivilla88]

As posted yesterday I stated how Aston Villa has opened discussions with PSV Eindhoven and Dutch midfielder Ibrahim Afellay.

Many on the forum decided to slate the news as I was a new member to the forum. As it stood at the close of play yesterday Afellay's agent Rob Jansen was present at bodymoor heath for a long meeting during the evening with the Villa CEO Paul Faulkner. The meeting lasted all of about 2 hours where potential contract terms were discussed. According to my source , Jansen is aware of Villa's strong interest in Aiden Mcgeady and is keen for a deal to be finalised, however Villa are aware they can drive down Mcgeadys price by using Heskey as a slight makeweight, and thus getting him offf the villa wage bill.

However this morning further discussions have taken place with Jansen with O'Neill said to be keen to add some flair to a team that is in need of some foreign flair. However my source could not stermine whether this move will be pushed through once players have been sold.

There have also beenmany rumours floating around alternate forums such as Carlton Cole , Robbie Keane, Stephen Ireland , Nedum onuoha etc. However my source thinks it is more likely that Villa may look at a LOAN move for Klass Jan Huntelaar over any potential move for Carlton Cole.

[pingjim]

Don't let peoples opinions put you off. Its part and parcel of leaving such rumours on a forum.

As cgale said in the first reply, if this is true, may we all bow down at your feet !!

[towbartone]

Don't let peoples opinions put you off. Its part and parcel of leaving such rumours on a forum.

As cgale said in the first reply, if this is true, may we all bow down at your feet !!

But only if he washes them first.

[pingjim]

Good disclaimer, forgot that.

[bjsvilla]

I'm not getting my hopes up but s*** if this is true it's great

[cgale_825]

If this is true the idea of a planned medical on Monday would fit in with other things as apparently most of the medical staff are in Portugal with the squad and also MON would also be back to give his approval
http://www.avfc.co.uk/page/FootballNews ... 24,00.html

[carter4villa]

its will pass 10 minutes at work, while i youtube and wikipedia him.

[carter4villa]

wikipedia -

In the season 2010-11 signs with the spanish team (Sevilla FC), the transfer the amount of around 8 million euros. The player will sign a contract for four seasons and a cancellation clause is set at 50 million euros

[pingjim]

^ ^ There's nothing on there OS about him. Some fan in dream land I would of thought ?!