10 Jan 2019 08:59:41
Think we as fans should realise that the process of signing new players is complex and certainly not straight forward! Some fans just think click your fingers and we will have top quality players come running to elland road,
Theres the fee which quite often is inflated, jan window always cautious because any decent top quality players would not be available in january, clubs will just not sell their best players particularly to rival clubs unless they're skint and a stupid ridiculous inflated offer came in, so the best players are hard to find in january, then you have to convince the player to upsticks and move his family to somewhere they might not really want to live, then there's wages to negotiate, most now come with stipulations game time assertions from their agents bonuses etc to negotiate, some (not all) don't want to drop down a league so its not an easy process for orta and the club and that's why it probably takes longer than the fans would like and why they have lists of players for one position in order of preference. I imagine it is a stressful job MOT brothers 😎.

1.) 10 Jan 2019
10 Jan 2019 10:29:35
Loan market DJ?

2.) 10 Jan 2019
10 Jan 2019 11:19:55
It's not simple but money talks. Aston Villa knew their problem positions and a keeper was through the door on January 1st.

The transfer market wasn't difficult last summer when Orta was signing every Tom, Dick, and Harry for Christiansen.

And might I add paying some rather large fees in the process.

3.) 10 Jan 2019
10 Jan 2019 12:43:14
Yea sherburn villa are spending big but also breaking rules which might come back to haunt them. We on the other hand are playing by the rules and not cheating like some.

4.) 10 Jan 2019
10 Jan 2019 12:45:52
Sherbet You got to have the dough first.

5.) 10 Jan 2019
10 Jan 2019 13:20:49
What I'm saying is we should be at an even keel now; all of the Wood, Taylor, Vieira and 49ers money has covered all of the incomings since Orta was hired. (including loans)

There is no way we have gone over that budget - so now is the time for Radz to either sell more equity (too late for this window) or put up. We're not asking for Aston Villa investment, we're asking for the equivalent of being first in the Championship!

6.) 10 Jan 2019
10 Jan 2019 14:04:13
You're right lads. We should have the money but what if we still have a leaky ship. From previous owners. Most of the incoming money is already earmarked to cover debts still ongoing. No, I believe that there are no millions sloshing about and that any recruitment will be at the very end of Jan (if a seller blinks first) or a cheap loan deal. Added to that theory is the precarious position of Eleven Sports which was a major investment and is currently losing big time. He may even be moving funds to prop it up? In Radz we have an owner with his heart in the right place it's just again, we have found a multi millionaire with no money. The fact that Orta appears to have only recently been in motion underlines my theory. With a useful budget and the team going well he should have been making phone calls weeks/ months ago ready for 01 January.