We've already picked up a few players.
Signed Mehmet Topal, a DM from Galatasaray, I think it was around 6m euros. Also got defender Ricardo Costa from
Wolfsburg on a free transfer. And French wonderkid, Sofaine Feghouli from Grenoble has also
claimed he's coming to us on a free. We've been targetting a lot of players on frees the last few seasons due to our dicey financial situation.
In terms of replacing Villa, rumours suggest moves for Andre Pierre Gignac of Toulouse, as well as Roberto Soldado from Getafe, and a player I personally see as the heir apparent to Villa, Adrian Colunga, who incidentally plays now for the club we bought Villa from, Zaragoza.
check him out.
In terms of selling other players, I think we will offload some more, although I don't think it'll be a fire sale. There's interest in players like Mata, Banega and Silva, of course, but with Villa gone we will be looking to these guys to lead our new era. No point letting in the vultures when we've just gotten back into the Champions League. So I'm pretty confident those three will stay. Hopefully we can sell Zigic and maybe Pablo Hernandez, both of them have attracted some interest from the EPL and could probably go for 10 million euros plus.
To think I had finally decided to invest in a David Villa Valencia top. I might buy a Spain one instead now.
