Aston Villa News 24/7Writer: J P Fear 
Date:Wednesday September 2 2009
Time: 12:53PM
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All Of MON's Transfers At Aston Villa
FIRST SEASON 2006/2007 :
Out
Kevin Phillips WBA £700k
Matthieu Berson Levante £1m
Ulises De La Cruz Reading Free
Peter Whittingham Cardiff City £250k
Eric Djemba Djemba Quatar Free
Juan Pablo Angel New York Red Bulls Free
Milan Baros Lyon Swap
Mark Delaney Retired
In
Stiliyan Petrov Celtic £6.5m
Didier Agathe Celtic Free
Chris Sutton Celtic Free
Phil Bardsley Manchester United Loan
Gabor Kiraly Crystal Palace Loan
John Carew Lyon Swap
Ashley Young Watford £9.65m
Shaun Maloney Celtic £1.1m
SECOND SEASON 2007/2008:
Out
Gary Cahill Bolton Undisc (in region of £4m?)
Liam Ridgewell Birmingham £2m
Jlloyd Samuel Bolton Free
Lee Hendrie Sheffield United Free
Chris Sutton Retired
Didier Agathe released
Steven Davis Fulham £4m
Aaron Hughes Fulham £1m
Gavin McCann Bolton £1m
Robert Olejnik Falkirk Free
In
Wayne Routledge Tottenham £1.5m
Moustapha Salifou FC Wil Undisc.
Curtis Davies West Brom Loan
Zat Knight Fulham £3.5m
Scott Carson Liverpool Loan
Harry Forrester Watford £250 000 initial fee rising on appearances
Eric Lichaj Unattached Free
Marlon Harewood West Ham Undisc (region of £3.5m?)
Nigel Reo-Coker West Ham £8.5m
THIRD SEASON 2008/2009
Out:
Luke Moore (West Brom - £3.5million)
Olof Mellberg (Juventus - free)
Patrick Berger (Sparta Prague - free)
Thomas Sorensen (released)
Shaun Maloney (Celtic, £1million)
Wayne Routledge (undisclosed)
In:
Curtis Davies (WBA undisclosed but around £7.5million?)
Steve Sidwell (Chelsea £5.5million)
Brad Friedel (Blackburn, undisclosed but in the region of £2 - £2.5million)
Brad Guzan (Chivas US, undisclosed, starts at around £800k up to £2m on appearances etc?)
Nicky Shorey (Reading, around £4m?)
Luke Young (Middlesbrough, around £5m?)
Carlos Cuellar (Rangers £7.8million)
James Milner (Newcastle, around £12million?)
Arsenio Halfhuid from Excelsior (undisclosed)
Emile Heskey from Wigan Athletic (£3.5m)
FOURTH SEASON
Out:
Gareth Barry (Manchester City, £12million)
Stuart Taylor (Manchester City, free)
Zat Knight (Bolton £4 - £4.5million)
Martin Laursen (retired)
In
Stewart Downing (Middlesbrough around £10m + add ons)
Fabian Delph (Leeds United - undisclosed fee - around £6m including add ons?)
Habib Beye (Newcastle, undisclosed but around £3m?)
Andy Marshall (free agent)
Stephen Warnock (Blackburn Rovers around £6m + add ons?)
James Collins (West Ham United - around £5m)
Richard Dunne (Manchester City - around £6m)
*Loan fees not included. Figures rounded up or down. Only a rough guideline!*
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compared to previous windows, i think he's done well especially as Barry was alwalways leaving and laursen was forced to stop
Whiteyav144
compared to previous windows, i think he's done well especially as Barry was alwalways leaving and laursen was forced to stop
Whiteyav144
He`s bought 2 teams at a cost of about 120m,no more excuses and get we get a settled pattern of play please.
ASPINALL
He`s bought 2 teams at a cost of about 120m,no more excuses and get we get a settled pattern of play please.
ASPINALL
Biggest mistake was letting Cahill go.
melski
Biggest mistake was letting Cahill go.
melski
Cahill leaving was the correct decision at the time. He wasn't prepared to fight for his spot so left. In retrospect we'd've liked to have kept him.
Decent window this time. Pattern of play will be similar to Liverpool away but at home we will need to be more attacking so he'll play two strikers more often than not. I seem to remember MON saying something long these lines as we need more home wins.
Thus far we are 1 point up on corresponding fixtures at home and 3 points up away! So a decent start in that respect.
Jongekki
Cahill leaving was the correct decision at the time. He wasn't prepared to fight for his spot so left. In retrospect we'd've liked to have kept him.
Decent window this time. Pattern of play will be similar to Liverpool away but at home we will need to be more attacking so he'll play two strikers more often than not. I seem to remember MON saying something long these lines as we need more home wins.
Thus far we are 1 point up on corresponding fixtures at home and 3 points up away! So a decent start in that respect.
Jongekki
There is also Warnock at £7m to add to that. It actually works out roughly at £35M received and £123M spent. Over the 4 pre seasons that M'ON has had, it equates to £22m a season. When you include the infrastructure upgrades, training ground etc then the club have certainly put the investment in. Definitely more than we have generated as supporters. Bearing in mind he started from a club that just escaped relegation to provide 2 6th place finishes, that is reasonable value for money. Now we have to see if we can kick on with this squad. For the money he has spent on the squad each season (£22M on average), the top 3 have all spent more than that on 1 player. Arsenal being the exception. Wengers spend in comparison to his sales equates to just £7M per season. Genius.
voiceoftheholte
There is also Warnock at £7m to add to that. It actually works out roughly at £35M received and £123M spent. Over the 4 pre seasons that M'ON has had, it equates to £22m a season. When you include the infrastructure upgrades, training ground etc then the club have certainly put the investment in. Definitely more than we have generated as supporters. Bearing in mind he started from a club that just escaped relegation to provide 2 6th place finishes, that is reasonable value for money. Now we have to see if we can kick on with this squad. For the money he has spent on the squad each season (£22M on average), the top 3 have all spent more than that on 1 player. Arsenal being the exception. Wengers spend in comparison to his sales equates to just £7M per season. Genius.
voiceoftheholte
ok.... spent alot of money
tr1dent
ok.... spent alot of money
tr1dent
no warnock?
intox
no warnock?
intox
voiceoftheholte - spot on there. This is a crucial season and with Dunne signing I'm feeling confident. Sidders and Reo-Coker in the middle will be like new signings. Glad Shorey didn't go out on loan as he's looked good so far this season, and we've still got Young to come back and Downing to come in. A good cup run or two, 6th place and a spot in the Europa league will leave us in a perfect place to kick on next year. UTV!
claret&blue82
voiceoftheholte - spot on there. This is a crucial season and with Dunne signing I'm feeling confident. Sidders and Reo-Coker in the middle will be like new signings. Glad Shorey didn't go out on loan as he's looked good so far this season, and we've still got Young to come back and Downing to come in. A good cup run or two, 6th place and a spot in the Europa league will leave us in a perfect place to kick on next year. UTV!
claret&blue82
Im sure with that amount of money Wenger could of made a top 4 team, Time will tell if MON has done enough, But we still haven't brought in a good Striker, the best peice of business he did was swapping Baros for Carew, and if Agbonlahor wasn't as good as he is we would really be in the brown stuff. I think he should rotate Agbonlahor and Carew all season in a 4-5-1 it means Gabby wont burn out and Carew wont get so injured, Cant really call Heskey or Harewood on the pitch.
Villa 4 Ever
Im sure with that amount of money Wenger could of made a top 4 team, Time will tell if MON has done enough, But we still haven't brought in a good Striker, the best peice of business he did was swapping Baros for Carew, and if Agbonlahor wasn't as good as he is we would really be in the brown stuff. I think he should rotate Agbonlahor and Carew all season in a 4-5-1 it means Gabby wont burn out and Carew wont get so injured, Cant really call Heskey or Harewood on the pitch.
Villa 4 Ever
Also im sure Davies was well more than 7.5m
Villa 4 Ever
Also im sure Davies was well more than 7.5m
Villa 4 Ever
Sweet Jesus - how many years does the Cahill question have to be debated?! He went because he wanted first team football and O'Neill wouldn't guarantee that to him. In my opinion, no manager should EVER guarantee any player first team football, and if a player demands it he SHOULD and MUST be shown the door.
BobTheBuilder
Sweet Jesus - how many years does the Cahill question have to be debated?! He went because he wanted first team football and O'Neill wouldn't guarantee that to him. In my opinion, no manager should EVER guarantee any player first team football, and if a player demands it he SHOULD and MUST be shown the door.
BobTheBuilder
Bob - apparently that is why Shorey's deal a pompey fell through... he wanted 1st team football and pompey couldn't promise it.
footy_fans
Bob - apparently that is why Shorey's deal a pompey fell through... he wanted 1st team football and pompey couldn't promise it.
footy_fans
Spurs fan here in peace. Im actually shocked at how much youve spent. A net spend of over 85m is outragous. I mean this surely looks bad on MON, i mean hes bought alot of very average players for tonnes of money. Obviously youve moved forward as a club and Lerners been terrific. And yes hes made some good buys - Young quality (although who expected him to be this good?) Milner is a good player as is Petrov although took a while to settle. But theres at least 40m of utter *****e there. I thought Spurs were bad but at least our net spend is very low, we made over 85m in sales last year. Very suprised by this
HuddersfieldYiddo
Spurs fan here in peace. Im actually shocked at how much youve spent. A net spend of over 85m is outragous. I mean this surely looks bad on MON, i mean hes bought alot of very average players for tonnes of money. Obviously youve moved forward as a club and Lerners been terrific. And yes hes made some good buys - Young quality (although who expected him to be this good?) Milner is a good player as is Petrov although took a while to settle. But theres at least 40m of utter *****e there. I thought Spurs were bad but at least our net spend is very low, we made over 85m in sales last year. Very suprised by this
HuddersfieldYiddo
That's OK, footy_fans, I don't care if Shorey doesn't go to Portsmouth because he isn't guaranteed a first team place, just so long as he doesn't demand one at Villa. Maybe, just maybe that's been part of the 'problem' all this time with Shorey. Those who have questioned why he hasn't been used might just have the answer now.
BobTheBuilder
That's OK, footy_fans, I don't care if Shorey doesn't go to Portsmouth because he isn't guaranteed a first team place, just so long as he doesn't demand one at Villa. Maybe, just maybe that's been part of the 'problem' all this time with Shorey. Those who have questioned why he hasn't been used might just have the answer now.
BobTheBuilder
P.S. If memory serves me, Cahill wanted guaranteed first team football in a squad that included Melly and Laursen, not to mention Agent Ridgewell. Which of Melly or Laursen should O'Neill have dropped to guarantee Cahill his spot?
BobTheBuilder
P.S. If memory serves me, Cahill wanted guaranteed first team football in a squad that included Melly and Laursen, not to mention Agent Ridgewell. Which of Melly or Laursen should O'Neill have dropped to guarantee Cahill his spot?
BobTheBuilder
well we'll still finish above you, huddersfieldYiddo :)
benji_starsky_avfc
well we'll still finish above you, huddersfieldYiddo :)
benji_starsky_avfc
Spurs starting point was much higher. You had 2 or even 3 players for every position. We had seasons without a recognised Right Back. Yes, I know, MoN didn't buy one, blah, blah, but there was much work to do when he took over. This is the squad I feel we can build from. Spurs net spend has much to do with being a feeder club for ManU.
heathfieldroad1874
Spurs starting point was much higher. You had 2 or even 3 players for every position. We had seasons without a recognised Right Back. Yes, I know, MoN didn't buy one, blah, blah, but there was much work to do when he took over. This is the squad I feel we can build from. Spurs net spend has much to do with being a feeder club for ManU.
heathfieldroad1874
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