Diego Carlos

[brontebilly]

Carlos has a strong enough hand here after the Torres injury. 18 months left on his deal so certainly doesn't need to leave and will still get plenty of minutes with us if he stays until the summer. For the club though, our negotiating hand here is weak. No doubt Fenerbahce are offering a lot less than Fulham last summer.

£11m according to the usual sources. ‘No doubt’ you know how much Fulham were offering.

I suspect we probably want just enough to cover what remains to be amortised, so it doesn’t go on our books as a crystallised loss.

It figures that each transfer window we try and fail to dump Carlos the less market value he has. It's not as if his performances in the interim are going to generate a lot of interest, let's be honest

If he actually is getting 100k a week, he's hardly going to walk away from the ~7.5m left on his contract unless we heavily incentivise it. He has no bomb squad worries, no concerns about international football and a guarantee of semi regular football until the summer.

[Percy McCarthy]

Carlos has a strong enough hand here after the Torres injury. 18 months left on his deal so certainly doesn't need to leave and will still get plenty of minutes with us if he stays until the summer. For the club though, our negotiating hand here is weak. No doubt Fenerbahce are offering a lot less than Fulham last summer.

£11m according to the usual sources. ‘No doubt’ you know how much Fulham were offering.

I suspect we probably want just enough to cover what remains to be amortised, so it doesn’t go on our books as a crystallised loss.

It figures that each transfer window we try and fail to dump Carlos the less market value he has.

Interesting interpretation of us turning down bids.

[Dick Edwards]

While I’m very much in favour of upgrading Diego I’ve got to say he’s performed pretty well in Europe this season and I wouldn’t just roll over to potential buyers and give him away.

[andyh]

While I’m very much in favour of upgrading Diego I’ve got to say he’s performed pretty well in Europe this season and I wouldn’t just roll over to potential buyers and give him away.

Hmmm. You must have missed the first Leipzig goal

[Percy McCarthy]

While I’m very much in favour of upgrading Diego I’ve got to say he’s performed pretty well in Europe this season and I wouldn’t just roll over to potential buyers and give him away.

Hmmm. You must have missed the first Leipzig goal

All the neutral (ie non-Villa based) analysis I listened to about that game blamed Emi for that.

Maybe DE is basing his view on 400 minutes against Bayern, Juve, Bologna, Young Boys and Bruges rather than that three seconds?

[LeeB]

I knind of blame Emi too, but part of his indecision was due to the sometimes erratic nature of Diego's decision making.

[Dick Edwards]

While I’m very much in favour of upgrading Diego I’ve got to say he’s performed pretty well in Europe this season and I wouldn’t just roll over to potential buyers and give him away.

Hmmm. You must have missed the first Leipzig goal

On that basis I assume you’d let Tyrone Mings go for a minimal fee after that catastrophe in Bruges

[andyh]

While I’m very much in favour of upgrading Diego I’ve got to say he’s performed pretty well in Europe this season and I wouldn’t just roll over to potential buyers and give him away.

Hmmm. You must have missed the first Leipzig goal

On that basis I assume you’d let Tyrone Mings go for a minimal fee after that catastrophe in Bruges

why ? would you ?

[Tuscans]

Galatasaray have approached Aston Villa to ask for Brazilian CB Diego Carlos.

Talks start as Diego Carlos can still leave Aston Villa with several options open.

He won’t be part of Loic Badé deal with Sevilla despite reports.

[Brend'Watkins]

Diego Carlos is sometimes okay. That’s as positive as I can be about him. He’s not going to get better but may well get much worse. I think Emery knows this too.

[Demitri_C]

cant onana play cb as well in a emergency  situation?

I mean, I don’t think he’s ever played there in his entire career, nor have I ever got the impression he could play there, but sure, stick him in there.

I mean if you read the post as it was quite clear-  in emergency  situation. Perhaps you can enlighten us who else can play there in a situation where carlos is sold with bogarde and konsa are unavailable?

Well, call me a traditionalist, I say we shouldn’t sell Carlos until we have someone that can (and has) play(ed) in his position. You’re suggesting selling Carlos regardless and making an “emergency situation” more likely.

My position is sell if a good offer comes in as it massively helps with FFP.  My post was onana as emergency cover if need by before the window closed if there is no one else to play there.

We wont sell anyway without a replacement being lined up so its abit irrelevant

[usav]

While I’m very much in favour of upgrading Diego I’ve got to say he’s performed pretty well in Europe this season and I wouldn’t just roll over to potential buyers and give him away.

Hmmm. You must have missed the first Leipzig goal

All the neutral (ie non-Villa based) analysis I listened to about that game blamed Emi for that.

Or Konsa who completely lost the man he was marking - again.