It’s official

Now stay there, you creepy muppet!

Those braids didn't last long. At least he is capable of making sensible decisions, sometimes. The sh*t tattoos are not so easy to correct, however.

I feel a bit for Villa though, Rogers to Garnacho is one hell of a downgrade. I can imagine their fans would be pretty pissed off about that.

Villa going to look very different next season. Wouldn't be surprised if they collapse.

Oh man, damn Villa got one hell of a player. Oh geez

13 hours ago, PhilH930 said:

It’s official

Ah, the old touching the badge above your heart ploy. Designed to show your love and committment to the club in a bid to win the fans over.

In reality the fans will soon know what they have got when he wimps out of yet another challenge and can't be arsed to run back 10 yards to close an opponent down or help his full-back.

It should really be a picture of him in a Villa shirt laughing and waving a big wad of bank notes.

34 minutes ago, just said:

Ah, the old touching the badge above your heart ploy. Designed to show your love and committment to the club in a bid to win the fans over.

In reality the fans will soon know what they have got when he wimps out of yet another challenge and can't be arsed to run back 10 yards to close an opponent down or help his full-back.

It should really be a picture of him in a Villa shirt laughing and waving a big wad of bank notes.

My opinion of him would improve 10x if he actually did that. The hand-on-the-badge thing isn't fooling anybody, so might as well be honest.

It's already started...

13 hours ago, Scott Harris said:

It's already started...

Love how he blames the other player for not being able to cover 10 yards in microseconds going through defenders to get on the end of a pass...

Edited August 5Aug 5 by dkw

He's been shocking for them in pre-season. Get ready to see him back in blue next season, lol.

On 10/08/2026 at 01:02, SydneyChelsea said:

He's been shocking for them in pre-season. Get ready to see him back in blue next season, lol.

Anyone got any idea what these achievable conditions are for this obligation to kick in?

Hope it’s something very easy for him like turn up regularly!

8 hours ago, C3blue said:

Anyone got any idea what these achievable conditions are for this obligation to kick in?

Hope it’s something very easy for him like turn up regularly!

Even if the obligation is easy, it can't really be enforced. UEFA has already ruled that if the obligations are too easy, it will be considered a 'swap' deal with the Rogers transfer.

If they are more complex, then Villa can always bench him and decline to play him. FIFA have consistently ruled in favour of the rights of clubs that avoid their obligation to buy.

On 21/07/2026 at 16:48, markpitts said:

You keep forgetting they refused to play Harvey Elliott because they didn’t think he was worth £35m. Wouldn’t trust that lot.

Yup.. crafty bastards will keep him on the bench all season, and destroy any little value he has. Writing was on the wall once they started 18yr old Hemmings ahead of him in the Super Cup.

If I were the club I would pull him tonight and send him to a Coventry where he will get starts.

Coming on now. A new member has just joined The Villa End called GarnachoandCheese

1 minute ago, loz said:

Coming on now. A new member has just joined The Villa End called GarnachoandCheese

1 more appearance closer to making the deal permanent.

Edited 20 minutes ago20 min by Scott Harris