Villa sign Cole on Loan for a season

Villain

Aston Villa have signed Carlton Cole on a season long loan from Chelsea.

I think hes a great addition without breaking the bank.

We just need another few defenders and midfielders now.

Full story:

http://www.skysports.com/skysports/article/0,,7-1142748,00.html

Big Ears

I was expecting it to be Joe Cole , but anyway this is a good signing for Villa , and could start an odd partnership of Angel and Cole , its gonna be hard for England Internationel Darius Vassel to even get a game .

Big Nelly

Did Angel sign a new contract yet?

wynters

Great move. Cole is a great player - big, strong and suprisingly skillful, he could be the perfect partner for Angel. At the very least he´ll provide some decent competition for Vassell - the most overrated player in the league. I´d drop Vassell actually... he hasn´t done it for us in a long time now - 2 seasons in fact. Charlton reportedly made a 3 million bid for him a few weeks back. I think O´Leary would´ve taken it if our squad wasn´t as paper thin.....

All we need now is a better right full, a creative midfielder (we´re seriously lacking some craft in that department), and someone who can cover left back and centre half positions (there´s rumours of Craig Moore coming in from Rangers)

My guess is that it´ll be the January transfer window before we make any signifigant signings. The players O´Leary identified to the board as targets at the end of last season just don´t seem to available at the moment. Baros went out & had a blinding Euro 2004, quadrupelling his transfer value. Nantes don´t wanna part with Berson - calling him "the best player we have" - fingers crossed on that one though. I think Dave will keep the little money he has until January instead of spending ti for the sake of it.

.... It´s been a dissappointing summer so far considering the 19 players who´ve left in the year O´Learys been in charge... all the boards fault though.

Villain

Originally posted by neilbrady79
Did Angel sign a new contract yet?

Not yet but he will do soon!

JohnnyBravo

Well hopefully o leary wont play cole as a target man
Otherwise we could have another charlton on our hands

leeroybrown

Whenever I've seen Carlton Cole play he's looked a good powerful skillful player. He could be a very good addition to Villa's strike force.

AngelofFire

He`s a good young lad and im sure he`ll push Vassel and Angel hard for a starting place.Whats the story with mathieu berson, he wants to join us but nantes want him to see out the remaining year of his contract apparently, hopefully they`ll relent.

Villain

Originally posted by AngelofFire
He`s a good young lad and im sure he`ll push Vassel and Angel hard for a starting place.Whats the story with mathieu berson, he wants to join us but nantes want him to see out the remaining year of his contract apparently, hopefully they`ll relent.

Ya they reckon he's the best player they have and will risk losing him for nothing!!!