Marcos Asensio | on loan to Villa

[Member 58925]

What would you offer

Probably the higher end of the spectrum for rotational wide attackers.

 

[FootballHQ]

Sort of player Newcastle should be all over really. Help boost their depth for the CL a little while keeping their transfer budget for those big signings.

We're getting linked to him. Spanish press saying Emery called him after european qualification but you never know if it's just a planted story to get him that move to PSG or another CL club.

 

[RedRocket9908]

Villa doing big business in this window

 

[C'est Moi Cantona]

Asensio, Rashford, and maybe Felix?

I'd be a bit worried by this sort of transfer approach if I was a Villa fan.

 

[Frostie]

He's mediocre. Living off the fact he has Real Madrid on his CV like so many before him and so many that'll come after him. Him and Isco were about as average a player as you'll see getting decent minutes at Madrid yet they were constantly linked with big moves away whenever Madrid needed a few quid. Isco will now be playing with one United reject in Antony, Asensio potentially with another in Rashford. Under Woodward, United might have bought the pair of them for £50m a piece on £300k a week so at least those days are gone if you're a United fan.

Madrid > PSG > Villa. Next stop some Turkish club.

 

[izec]

He's mediocre. Living off the fact he has Real Madrid on his CV like so many before him and so many that'll come after him. Him and Isco were about as average a player as you'll see getting decent minutes at Madrid yet they were constantly linked with big moves away whenever Madrid needed a few quid. Isco will now be playing with one United reject in Antony, Asensio potentially with another in Rashford. Under Woodward, United might have bought the pair of them for £50m a piece on £300k a week so at least those days are gone if you're a United fan.

Madrid > PSG > Villa. Next stop some Turkish club.

Isco was a top player for a couple of years under Zidane. Asensio i agree, had a good half season purple patch and thats about it.

 

[Calidad]

He's mediocre. Living off the fact he has Real Madrid on his CV like so many before him and so many that'll come after him. Him and Isco were about as average a player as you'll see getting decent minutes at Madrid yet they were constantly linked with big moves away whenever Madrid needed a few quid. Isco will now be playing with one United reject in Antony, Asensio potentially with another in Rashford. Under Woodward, United might have bought the pair of them for £50m a piece on £300k a week so at least those days are gone if you're a United fan.

Madrid > PSG > Villa. Next stop some Turkish club.

Isco was a fantastic player and one of Europe’s best AM’s at his peak. Also played very well for Spain. Agree re: Asensio though.

 

[Frostie]

Isco was a fantastic player and one of Europe’s best AM’s at his peak. Also played very well for Spain. Agree re: Asensio though.

Respectfully agree to disagree on that one. I don't think he was ever in the top echelons for his position at any point and if anything, his best period was at Malaga. Never really shone for Spain either and was pretty much a forgotten man for his country by the time he reached what should have been his peak age (26/27ish.)

 

[giorno]

He's mediocre. Living off the fact he has Real Madrid on his CV like so many before him and so many that'll come after him. Him and Isco were about as average a player as you'll see getting decent minutes at Madrid yet they were constantly linked with big moves away whenever Madrid needed a few quid. Isco will now be playing with one United reject in Antony, Asensio potentially with another in Rashford. Under Woodward, United might have bought the pair of them for £50m a piece on £300k a week so at least those days are gone if you're a United fan.

Madrid > PSG > Villa. Next stop some Turkish club.

Respectfully agree to disagree on that one. I don't think he was ever in the top echelons for his position at any point and if anything, his best period was at Malaga. Never really shone for Spain either and was pretty much a forgotten man for his country by the time he reached what should have been his peak age (26/27ish.)

Isco was overrated, but he was still a great player. Don't think he ever quite made the leap to world class, though he'd have the odd game where he looked like Zidane, but he was very much a very important player for Real Madrid teams that won 4 Champions Leagues in 5 years. You don't get to that level by being average. He, "did a rashford" for a few years after he got surgery for appendicitis in '19, until last season when he finally got serious about football again. Check it out, it's worth it

Asensio, he's still one of the very best impact subs I've ever seen. An absolute assassin coming in for the last 20/30 minutes of games against tired defenders. Had a couple patches of looking like he was going to become one of the best players in the world, but never quite made it and then had that devastating injury in pre-season in '19, was never the same afterwards(incidentally that injury was the catalyst that fecked up Bale's relationship with the club)

 

[jadajos]

Villa doing big business in this window

Asensio, Rashford and Joao Felix... do Villa's scouts believe we're currently in 2019/2020? Seriously, when has it ever worked out for a club to be a safe heaven for failed careers of former big names and wonderkids. It always fails. It's the typical dilemma of a non-elite club that's thinks it has become too big for under the radar talents and has to be in the mix for "established internationals"". I swear, Dortmund took the exact same route years ago and you go and ask them how that went... (Schürrle, Yarmolenko, Alcacer, Witsel, Meunier)

 

[fergiewherearethou]

Asensio, Rashford and Joao Felix... do Villa's scouts believe we're currently in 2019/2020? Seriously, when has it ever worked out for a club to be a safe heaven for failed careers of former big names and wonderkids. It always fails. It's the typical dilemma of a non-elite club that's thinks it has become too big for under the radar talents and has to be in the mix for "established internationals"". I swear, Dortmund took the exact same route years ago and you go and ask them how that went... (Schürrle, Yarmolenko, Alcacer, Witsel, Meunier)

They think that if Nottingham can do it with ex-PL rejects, why not not try ex best of Europe talents rejects.

 

[Judas]

He will have a remarkably nothing loan spell.

 

[giorno]

Asensio, Rashford and Joao Felix... do Villa's scouts believe we're currently in 2019/2020? Seriously, when has it ever worked out for a club to be a safe heaven for failed careers of former big names and wonderkids. It always fails. It's the typical dilemma of a non-elite club that's thinks it has become too big for under the radar talents and has to be in the mix for "established internationals"". I swear, Dortmund took the exact same route years ago and you go and ask them how that went... (Schürrle, Yarmolenko, Alcacer, Witsel, Meunier)

The good news for Villa is they already have the young under the radar talents and they are performing at a high level, so even if the reclamation projects fail they'll still be good

Btw, all 3 appear to be specific requests by Emery, and they've yet to invest serious money and time in any of them

 

[mitchmouse]

this would have made some sense but we'll end up with Marco Polo... new faces, same clown show