Pau Torres

I'm a sucker for elegant ball-playing CBs so having him knocking around at Villa will at least make watching them a bit more fun.
 
£31.5m apparently,

Interesting how many people think that's a good deal for a steady if unspectacular defender who was in his last year of contract.

Worked with Emery before so seems like a safe signing, be interesting to see how he copes with the Premiership.
 
Champ said:
£31.5m apparently,

Interesting how many people think that's a good deal for a steady if unspectacular defender who was in his last year of contract.

Worked with Emery before so seems like a safe signing, be interesting to see how he copes with the Premiership.
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I think with the way transfer fees are at the minute it's pretty good. Anytime we've played against him or I've seen him in the Europa League he's been solid as a rock, he can pass the ball and he's a great age for a centre back.
 
OverratedOpinion said:
I think with the way transfer fees are at the minute it's pretty good. Anytime we've played against him or I've seen him in the Europa League he's been solid as a rock, he can pass the ball and he's a great age for a centre back.
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I'm in two minds about how good a fee it is, obviously the fee is only as good as how he plays, but he's not been in the national team for a while and hasn't been quite the player he was when we were linked to him after that final.
 
Champ said:
I'm in two minds about how good a fee it is, obviously the fee is only as good as how he plays, but he's not been in the national team for a while and hasn't been quite the player he was when we were linked to him after that final.
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Yeah to be fair I am judging the transfer fee based on the times I've watched him and I didn't see him at all last season. Definitely a player in there though and Emery knows him well.
 
Champ said:
I'm in two minds about how good a fee it is, obviously the fee is only as good as how he plays, but he's not been in the national team for a while and hasn't been quite the player he was when we were linked to him after that final.
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It's a great fee when you think of who's buying and what they're trying to achieve. You won't get many better CBs on the ball, played at such a high level already and under the manager. Especially when their goal is only to break into the top 4.
 
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