Henri Lansbury

[Bassomylord]

Just now, BRIAN WILSON said:

I see that Watford are/were also in for him 

And I bet Watford would pay a level of wage that we couldn't compete with....plus London. Seems strange to me.

[downendcity]

3 minutes ago, Bristolisredd said:

Set to have a medical tonight ! Deal agreed with Aston Villa 

Medical tonight, hamstring injury tomorrow? 

[WECANDO]

3 minutes ago, Bristolisredd said:

Set to have a medical tonight ! Deal agreed with Aston Villa 

Check all the previous comments on the Transfer Forum.

[Redrascal2]

I expect our medical team are rubbing their hands together at the thought of a new victim.

[chinapig]

12 minutes ago, downendcity said:

Medical tonight, hamstring injury tomorrow? 

Well, we may have signed him because Solihull is not far to travel for him to have his scans.

[steviestevieneville]

7 minutes ago, BCFC Richard said:

Agreed. We have know idea what terms he will be on with us if this happens. 

Would it be possible , if villa paid him up the rest of his contract on a weekly/ monthly basis and we pay him a lower basic plus signing on fee . Just thinking out loud really 

[Dunc]

I'm an optimist by nature and normally try to see the positives in all things Bristol City. I sincerely hope I'm wrong but I just don't see the point in this signing as I don't think he solves a short term or long term need. Hasn't played his best football for years. Would much rather the $ was spent on contracts for Walsh and Fam 

[Banjo Island]

Skysports reporting done deal

[BCFC Rich]

6 minutes ago, steviestevieneville said:

Would it be possible , if villa paid him up the rest of his contract on a weekly/ monthly basis and we pay him a lower basic plus signing on fee . Just thinking out loud really 

Not 100% sure. I think it's one of those where I wouldn't be shocked if we were paying him stupid money, if he has been paid out by Villa and is on low wage, is on a short term deal at lower wage with a view to getting a move/earning a higher contract. Point is there no point assuming anything until we know more details. 

[Polly]

19 hours ago, Lew-T said:

Our recruitment policy, are we just looking at the best players of the 2013/14 season in the Championship now?...

Martin, Brunt, Mariappa, Wells and now potentially Lansbury? 
 

 

So we know who's already on Ashton's "To Buy" list for 2028 . Why bother with the Transfer Forum in years to come? 

[Curr Avon]

11 minutes ago, chinapig said:

Well, we may have signed him because Solihull is not far to travel for him to have his scans.

[Better Red]

Can play Lansbury and Williams together. That will allow Pato to play behind a front 3.

Sounds quiet attacking.

If we can get the full backs playing more like wingbacks sounds quiet exciting. 
 

Aginst the Better teams could sacrifice Pato for an extra man in midfield.

Gives the team a good balance and I hope sorts the midfield problem we have had for the last 3 years.

 

[Curr Avon]

19 minutes ago, Redrascal2 said:

I expect our medical team are rubbing their hands together, washing them thoroughly and singing "Happy Birthday" twice at the thought of a new victim.

There, good as new.

[Northern Red]

34 minutes ago, Bassomylord said:

What I dont understand is why we went for Brunt over Lansbury in the summer. Unless we were in for him and got turned down.

Because Brunt was a free agent. Villa were probably wanting a fee.

[Bassomylord]

Just now, Northern Red said:

Because Brunt was a free agent. Villa were probably wanting a fee.

True.

[downendcity]

26 minutes ago, Redrascal2 said:

I expect our medical team are rubbing their hands together at the thought of a new victim.

[nickolas]

Well having just seen this im resorting to true otib judgement before he plays. 
A proper lazy b@stard of a player. Never looks interested. Its a no from me!

( of course its all good when he scores a few and creates!).

[RedM]

I guess with so much youth, and that’s certainly our way going forward with Tinnion’s new role, we need experience in the team too.

Not against older players with no resale, but we have to be sure he is a ‘Wilbraham’ not a ‘Brunt’

[joshbristol]

Surely this mean either nagy or massengo are off 

 

especially with Williams and pato close to returning.

[Rudolf Hucker]

20 minutes ago, Banjo Island said:

Skysports reporting done deal

Welcome Angela. 

[Davefevs]

31 minutes ago, steviestevieneville said:

Depends if villa are paying him up . We give him a lower basic wage . Not quite sure how it works . Don’t know how accurate this list is , £40k per week. We won’t be paying him that . 

Let’s just say he’s on £40k per week as above.

He might say to Villa - “I can sit on my arse for the next 5 months (+1 month pay off) and it’ll cost you £1m, I’m not in your squad, nobody is gonna pay my loan wages, so let’s agree a mutual termination....it’ll save you some money, and I can get fixed up elsewhere”.

Lets just say he takes a 60% pay off, £600k, he’s then opening his options up get picked up, because his new club have no fee to pay.

Say we offered him a deal to summer 22 with a year option, so a 17 month deal at £15k per week.  He’s gonna earn about £1.1m in that time.  No fee for City, no ongoing amortisation.

Im not saying I’m fully backing this, but trying to explain the finances.  At those kind of figures it’s cheaper than trying to pay a fee and wages for a player.

[Banjo Island]

2 minutes ago, Rudolf Hucker said:

Welcome Angela. 

Took me a while but finally got it

[WirralRobin]

7 minutes ago, Davefevs said:

Let’s just say he’s on £40k per week as above.

He might say to Villa - “I can sit on my arse for the next 5 months (+1 month pay off) and it’ll cost you £1m, I’m not in your squad, nobody is gonna pay my loan wages, so let’s agree a mutual termination....it’ll save you some money, and I can get fixed up elsewhere”.

Lets just say he takes a 60% pay off, £600k, he’s then opening his options up get picked up, because his new club have no fee to pay.

Say we offered him a deal to summer 22 with a year option, so a 17 month deal at £15k per week.  He’s gonna earn about £1.1m in that time.  No fee for City, no ongoing amortisation.

Im not saying I’m fully backing this, but trying to explain the finances.  At those kind of figures it’s cheaper than trying to pay a fee and wages for a player.

Makes a lot of sense this Dave and I still think Lansbury has a lot of quality and could be a big player for us. I think a lot of the perceived success of this transfer may come down to what happens with Liam Walsh? My concern is if Walsh then goes on to leave us in the summer because we haven't offered him a similar sized contract or feels his pathway is blocked to regular games and goes on to have a storming career with large sell on value value elsewhere. I see the two as a similar style of player I don't know if you agree?

[steviestevieneville]

5 minutes ago, Davefevs said:

Let’s just say he’s on £40k per week as above.

He might say to Villa - “I can sit on my arse for the next 5 months (+1 month pay off) and it’ll cost you £1m, I’m not in your squad, nobody is gonna pay my loan wages, so let’s agree a mutual termination....it’ll save you some money, and I can get fixed up elsewhere”.

Lets just say he takes a 60% pay off, £600k, he’s then opening his options up get picked up, because his new club have no fee to pay.

Say we offered him a deal to summer 22 with a year option, so a 17 month deal at £15k per week.  He’s gonna earn about £1.1m in that time.  No fee for City, no ongoing amortisation.

Im not saying I’m fully backing this, but trying to explain the finances.  At those kind of figures it’s cheaper than trying to pay a fee and wages for a player.

Thanks. Thought I’d throw the question out there as I really have no clue how it works . After Ashton came out with reason of not knowing our next budget & possible salary cap. I did think it would have to be a decent financial package for the club. If that’s possible 

[Davefevs]

1 minute ago, WirralRobin said:

Makes a lot of sense this Dave and I still think Lansbury has a lot of quality and could be a big player for us. I think a lot of the perceived success of this transfer may come down to what happens with Liam Walsh? My concern is if Walsh then goes on to leave us in the summer because we haven't offered him a similar sized contract or feels his pathway is blocked to regular games and goes on to have a storming career with large sell on value value elsewhere. I see the two as a similar style of player I don't know if you agree?

Think I’d have preferred a loan, but let’s see if it’s as per twitter.

[BigAl&Toby]

This might have been clarified earlier but is this the old bird who was in Murder She Wrote?

Or is it another Lansbury?

Eitherway it’s a thumbs up from me. This might be what it takes for those who think Steve knows what he’s doing to realise he hasn’t got a ******* clue......

Never mind though eh? How are the Bears doing? And is The Killers still on?

[downendcity]

13 minutes ago, Rudolf Hucker said:

Welcome Angela. 

They do say there is nothing like a Dame!

Hopefully not the pantomime variety.

[Major Isewater]

26 minutes ago, Better Red said:

Can play Lansbury and Williams together. That will allow Pato to play behind a front 3.

Sounds quiet attacking.

If we can get the full backs playing more like wingbacks sounds quiet exciting. 
 

Aginst the Better teams could sacrifice Pato for an extra man in midfield.

Gives the team a good balance and I hope sorts the midfield problem we have had for the last 3 years.

 

Perhaps Pato won’t sign or be offered a new contract and Angela Lansbury is his replacement. 
 

Have you all thought of that , have you ? 
 

[bearded_red]

How odd.

Sort of signing that if somebody suggested it on here, I’d think it was a terrible shout.

I actually thought it was fair enough that Ashton talked about players not being offered new contracts because of the current situation.. but to then sign Henri Lansbury? Odd.

He’s a decent player, but I just don’t see how it makes to sign him at the present time..

[tin]

2 hours ago, robin_unreliant said:

Sorry Dave but are you saying we'd get him for nothing? Villa pay up his contract and he plays for free to try and attract clubs to sign him. 

Villa tried to terminate his contract earlier in the season but Lansbury said no.

1 hour ago, !james said:

Truly baffling. Ashton pleads poverty, we’ve got no money to renew any contracts until the end of the season then all of a sudden we’re seemingly on the verge of signing someone who is on £40k a week? WTAF? We urgently need a left-back, not another 30+ midfielder. 

1 hour ago, JonDolman said:

Lansbury can certainly score goals. Just had a quick look and at one point he scored 7 in 7 for Forest. Remember one season he was right up there in the championship top goalscorers charts.

That was in 2014/15. The fact is he’s been besieged with injuries and struggled for form for the last four years.