Has rafa sold his soul to the devil ?

[TheStig]

The Villa thing seems to be Gathering pace.Shanks legend has said we're in for him,SNFT on here said we'd have one of europes top strikers by the end of the month and now Ballague is making noises about us having a nice surprise in store.

Heres hoping

I doubt he'll be ours "by the end of the month" since he's playing in Euro 2008.

[Kopite_Colin]

The tournament finishes on 29 June 2008 - so it's possible.

[Red Chilli]

no matter who owns the club it will always be us at the end of the day who pay for it all. it is a delusion to believe any other owner would pay for transfers with his own money just for the fun of it. stop dreaming and start give the devil his due otherwise it will be you who looks like a fool, mate.

You obviously don't read or comprehend other posts before replying to them. Red mine again and maybe you won't look like a fool

[Johnny]

Maybe Dic should "Lend" Hicks the money to buy Villa if they believe they`ll be eventual owners anyway.They can deduct this loan from the eventual buying the Club price.


Maybe not................

[Parm]

look we can easily spread his cost over a number of years if need be

[Red_hot]

[kevinkeegan]I would love it[kevinkeegan] if we signed him. Him and Torres.

[fred_plasticine]

You obviously don't read or comprehend other posts before replying to them. Red mine again and maybe you won't look like a fool

i did comprehend your post perfectly well.

[G]

I doubt he'll be ours "by the end of the month" since he's playing in Euro 2008.

Spain may not go all the way,loads of time yet.SNFT has since said it has been delayed but is still on.We'll see.

[Jan Molby]

With the recent speculation regarding the possible acquisition of a top named player possibly David Villa, could it be that Rafa has urged tom hicks to splash the cash on someone that would take the heat off hicks and his reign ?

Has rafa told hicks that the only way to repair the damage him and gillett have caused is to go out and buy a superstar player to calm down the natives? That this purchase would make fans see him in a different light?

Has rafa made a deal with hicks ?

http://www.guillembalague.com/rumores_desp.php?id=11

or even this...

David Villa has not got the aura of Fernando Torres or the marketing deals of Cristiano Ronaldo. He is not protected by a group of assistants like Thierry Henry nor does he appear on the cover of a large number of football games like Ronaldinho. In fact, unlike most of the best recognised players on the planet, he answers the phone when you need to chat to him and talks away as if nothing has changed: as if the conversation is about a game played in the park with his mates. He is about to make the jump into the top tier of clubs which will give him the universal approval he deserves. When he does he will still be a regular guy, but one with a very special talent.

http://www.guillembalague.com/interview_desp.php?id=8

Could this really make us see hicks in a more sypathetic light ?

I don't wanna knock what you have written, but just to be the devil's advocate here, ten days ago Balague had a different opinion about Villa.........




David Villa has made the decision to leave Valencia and the club is willing to negotiate for him.


It’s being reported that Villa has a €150 million buy-out clause in his contract, but the Valencia will be willing to do business with anyone prepared to pay €40 million for the striker. A good display for Spain at the European Championships will certainly help his cause.

David Villa is the kind of footballer that will easily adapt to the high tempo football of Chelsea, the passing game of Barcelona and the blend of counterattacking and possession football favoured by Real Madrid.

Those three clubs have contacted him but Chelsea and Barcelona seem to have taken the interest further at the moment. There is no firm offer on the table so far, but by the end of the summer, he should end up playing for one of those three clubs.

http://www.guillembalague.com/rumores_desp.php?id=5

For what it's worth, I would cream myself if he joined, but I also think that LFC/Rafa are playing a game ie Rafa announcing that we have fook all but we we're not bothered etc (i know that we don't have much but every1else thinking this too is an advantage when bargaining surely)

I also think that Balague is a friend of Rafa, and could be instructed not to let the cat out of the bag re targets/transfers.

Here's hoping.....

[Leyton388]

Spain may not go all the way,loads of time yet.SNFT has since said it has been delayed but is still on.We'll see.

When was that posted?

[Jan Molby]

When was that posted?

originally

http://www.est1892.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=51029

then

http://www.est1892.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=51029&page=5

It's a substantial bit of info, says last month that we would sign a strikerby the end of last month, didn't happen, then he says, surprise surprise, it will happen, wait for it, wait for it....this month.
This guy is good, basically, what he is suggesting is that LFC, one of the top four clubs in the EPL will sign a striker, sometime over the transfer period I expect, it's genius, real genius. I for 1 think it's dead accurate.