Steve Walsh - no longer our Director of Football

[MasonLeeEFC]

It was Koeman lads. Same with Befoldli/Daffodil.

Massive headed Dutch dope.

Not Gabbiadini. Koeman was keen and wanted him in the summer but I'd heard a rumour that leading up to January Walsh wasn't a fan and convinced Koeman to swerve him?!...

It's due to Koeman's liking of the player that Southampton were and had been watching him for sometime and followed up their interest in him January just gone!

 

[Connor]

Not Gabbiadini. Koeman was keen and wanted him in the summer but I'd heard a rumour that leading up to January Walsh wasn't a fan and convinced Koeman to swerve him?!...

It's due to Koeman's liking of the player that Southampton were and had been watching him for sometime and followed up their interest in him January just gone!

Nah, the deal for Gabbiadini in January, just like Belfoldi, was nixed by Koeman after being as close to done as possible.

Just had a change of heart.

 

[MasonLeeEFC]

As if Gabbiadini would have been happy sitting on the bench behind Lukaku... give your heads a wobble ffs lol

Gabbiadini isn't an out and out CF. In his time at Sampdoria and the early part of his Napoli days under Benitez he played wide right and was very effective coming in off of the line and linking with the striker.

He's an intelligent player with class movement and I think Koeman saw him as a wide forward in his preferred 4-3-3 formation, just like he did Lucas Perez before missing out on him!

 

[MasonLeeEFC]

Also unfer impression Walsh identified Gabbiadini/Perez/Belfodil and Koeman decided against. Gives me confifence he identified these players.

Perez and Belfodil, yeah, even Ghezzal, but Koeman wanted Gabbiadini....

 

[MasonLeeEFC]

Nah, the deal for Gabbiadini in January, just like Belfoldi, was nixed by Koeman after being as close to done as possible.

Just had a change of heart.

We never went back in for Gabbiadini in January. Made a move in the summer and Koeman was well keen and Walsh was hardly through the door but the rumour is that leading up to January Walsh convinced Koeman that Gabbiadini wasn't for us?!

 

[Connor]

We never went back in for Gabbiadini in January. Made a move in the summer and Koeman was well keen and Walsh was hardly through the door but the rumour is that leading up to January Walsh convicted Koeman that Gabbiadini wasn't for us?!

Oh we did. We had a bid accepted too. It was all but done until an 11th hour change of heart from the Gaffer.

Same as the Belfodil rumour/deal. Done and Koeman nixed both.

In fact, I spent time writing articles on them both being completed, just awaiting the press release and quotes. Sadly, it was time wasted.

 

[evertony]

Nobody knows.

 

[MasonLeeEFC]

Oh we did. We had a bid accepted too. It was all but done until an 11th hour change of heart from the Gaffer.

Same as the Belfodil rumour/deal. Done and Koeman nixed both.

In fact, I spent time writing articles on them both being completed, just awaiting the press release and quotes. Sadly, it was time wasted.

Right, fair do's. I'd read here and there that we never went back and a vague rumour Walsh put the skids on it.

 

[everton2004]

Rumoured to have applied for the Leicester job.

Sauce? Internet seems to know nothing of this.

 

[Connor]

Right, fair do's. I'd read here and there that we never went back and a vague rumour Walsh put the skids on it.

Aye, granted there was deffo a lot of confusion around both deals. Just glad, in a way, that these types of players Walsh can pick out and identify as being able to take us forward are doing the business and show he can pick a player.

 

[EddyD]

Sauce? Internet seems to know nothing of this.

It's on theesk.org

 

[Sapie88]

It's on theesk.org

It's the link below the one where he predicted the financial crisis a few years back.

 

[BlueLlama]

It's on theesk.org

So Walsh actually is ours then.

 

[Goat]

Oh we did. We had a bid accepted too. It was all but done until an 11th hour change of heart from the Gaffer.

Same as the Belfodil rumour/deal. Done and Koeman nixed both.

In fact, I spent time writing articles on them both being completed, just awaiting the press release and quotes. Sadly, it was time wasted.

You know nixed isnt an actual English word Friend?

 

[Connor]

You know nixed isnt an actual English word Friend?

It is in the football transfer world, for example: https://www.theguardian.com/footbal...l-manchester-city-atletico-madrid-diego-godin

However, a bid for the Spurs winger Aaron Lennon hasn’t been nixed yet, so hope springs eternal for the Villa, at least until Bournemouth have done their worst on Saturday.