AVFC Transfer Talk. Gabby Out For £12million???

Who we sell & who we buy will surely depend on what division we're in . Not even worth thinking about until after the next 2 games

Agbonlahor personifies the overpaid, overrated modern footballer. AB has a point, though. Gabi might find his level in the Championship.

Bas Dost is the top scorer in the Eredivisie (Dutch league). I wouldn't come to Villa either if I were him. All this 'home grown' about GA stuff is so much sentimental nonsense. As I pointed out on another thread, the late David 'Rocky' Rocastle had a similar status at Arsenal as Agbonlahor has at Villa. The club sold him because it was the best thing for the club. Selling Agbonlahor might not be the best thing for Agbonlahor but it's the best thing for Villa. @ 12 Million Sunderland would be getting mugged too.

VWRA no they don't but they can be misleading. I notice you don't go back any further. Gabby when on form and in a team playing well is a dangerous striker. Whether he can get back to his best only time will tell. For 12M i'd say keep him, for anything north of 15M i'd sell.

The right manager would get Gabby firing again. Also, if he does go there won't be any like-for-like replacements under our frugal regime - will be a Gabby quality player out and a Gary McSheffery level replacement. Is that what you all want? Hopefully just more lazy, innacurate, fact-averse nonsense from the Mirror.

Some of you have a very short memory. He was our top player in the first half of this season wasn't he? Scoring, assisting...Besides I wouldn't put all blame on him for not scoring recently and I don't think we need to sell another quality player. Just get a new manager or appoint Kevin McDonald and I bet things will look way better

i wont sell gabby. he is the best player at the club who is not being played to his strength.

if Gabby loves Villa so much, why do we regularly see him blanking little kids waiting for his autograph? A centre forward who never scores? 12 million offer? Isnt this whats called a no brainer? MON can have him - from what I remember he never scored tons of goals for him either

Vermaelen at Arsenal is a defender who has got 13 goals in 63 appearences for the Gooners. Gabi is a 'forward' who has scored 11 goals in 67 for Villa. If I recall MON missed the chance to bring Vermaelan to Villa and now he's trying to take Agbonlahor to the North East. Some people still think this bloke is 'The Messiah'.

I love this:------------------------Vermaelen at Arsenal is a defender who has got 13 goals in 63 appearences for the Gooners. Gabi is a 'forward' who has scored 11 goals in 67 for Villa. If I recall MON missed the chance to bring Vermaelan to Villa and now he's trying to take Agbonlahor to the North East. Some people still think this bloke is 'The Messiah'.

I'd bite his bloody hand off if he offered £12 mil. He's never going to be a striker that consistently scores more than 15 goals a season and he really does miss some chances. I agree when he's on form he's fantastic but it just doesn't happen often enough, I'm sure weimann can step up and we could find a decent replacement for 12 mil. Newcastle signed cisse for 9-10 mil for god sake!

LH -- He's lucky if he scores 10 goals a season in all competitions. As I wrote above he's not the only passenger at the club. Most of the current squad should take a long hard look at their performances. Agree with you that Weiman is a good prospect.

To sell a player at 25 is just ridiculously stupid. Agbonlahor has been used as a winger for most of the season, just like last, and his crossing and dribbling has improved. He could flourish in the role next season, depending how we play, he's still young and to sell him to a direct rival (a team in and around us, as apposed to Man C, Man U, Liverpool...) is just a plain bad idea. If we do, I see another Gary Cahill scenario. UTV

Shame on you! Everyone saying sell him should go support City. Really. In fact next year sell wiemann when he gets played at left wing and isn't a scoring machine. Do that to Bent to - I mean how many has he scored while injured! In fact sell the squad, import our reserves and watch us get creamed. No one remembers the many good years of service he has given this club. How fickle some can be. SHAME ON YOU!

cmon Astriel - I'm not referring to Gabs goal return this season - or even last season PLUS this season. Ever since he first started getting the breaks to become a first team regular around 2006, he has hardly been a goal machine has he. He tends to have a purple patch for a few weeks and then its gone - rather like a someone shooting their bolt too soon! Also, his return seems to diminish with every passing year. I have no doubt he supports Villa, but thats not a reason to cut your nose to spite your face if a good offer comes in. Agree with the chap who made the comment about Newcastle buying wisely with about 9 mil...of course, wisely is difficult when your buyer is McLeish! As for Gyan - he aint going to be in a Sunderland team anytime soon. I heard MON give a press conference not long ago and that very question was asked - Will you bring Gyan back....and his answer was Bang ! "NO!" .....next ?! We all know MON has his favourites, thats why Villa were always shagged out by end of January every year, he wouldnt give anyone else a chance ( to think we hard the Albrightons and Bannans of this world locked in a dungeon!) - so if MON does like Gyan, Gyan wont be in his team, rest assured

While Gabriel Agbonlahor does have talent, he hasn't completely backed it up since he got his break from stepping up through the academy to the reserves and the first team. In addition to this comment, please feel free to replace the name "Gabriel Agbonlahor" with "Stefan Moore", "Luke Moore", "Nathan Delfouneso" or "Darius Vassell". Let's hope Weimann can smash that mould sooner rather than later.

Newcastle seem to have a decent scouting network though, which is why they're so good when it comes to signings, something we definitely don't have, or at least are not using! I could go in there and do a better job and i'd work for minimum wage! Years of football manager has left me with a brain bulging with probably twice the amount of player knowledge than your average modern day scout! haha