Villa complete Dobbin transfer

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It's far too early in the transfer window to be letting Dobbin go. Dobbin can score and has been part of the first team. We now need to replace Dobbin (winger) and Gomes (midfielder).

Dobbin could have been a good squad filler. This new kid that has come in from Villa, a midfielder that looks small, we know nothing about.

Also, Everton's new midfielder is 6ft so he's not small.

And agree with Ryan above about Villa keeping their best players; it's just not true. They are likely going to be selling Douglas Luiz this summer, and have lost several young players in the last few years - especially Carney Chukwuemeka - when they would have preferred to keep them.

They got £20 million for Chukwuemeka when he was still only 18 - so they got a decent fee - but if he can stay fit and get minutes at Chelsea he could easily become a £70+ million player, he's that good.

Your comments are devoid of any research or fact. It's an absolutely pointless moan.

Dobbin has scored 1 goal for us. Hardly a loss in terms of goals.

Tim is 6ft and contributed to a team that qualified for the Champions League.

Why don't you research ahead of posting??

Getting rid of Tim saves getting rid of a better player. This post concerns for that matter, Dobbin, so how exactly other than pointless non sequitur is my post "an absolutely pointless moan?"

The absolute standard is not looking at Dobbin at Everton as it's more about picturing him in a good side like Villa. He will get more chances at Villa such as cup runs and offers depth for Europe, something like come on for the last 15 minutes.

A word to the wise, we need players who contribute assists and goals.

Hope he does something at Villa. £9M in the profit column.

Hopefully Dobbin has a great career. Shame it won't be with us after all the investment but a pretty decent fee.

Are the days of being able to see home grown players come through and live the dream over in the short- to medium-term?

Such a shame.

Best of luck, Lewis.

He will make a decent living from football but if we are ganging our hopes on a player of his quality we are really in trouble.

Good look to him but I would bet my hard-earned money he will be a Championship player within 5 years.

With a little thought, you begin to realize that this is just another way of the bigger and richer clubs pulling away from the rest.

I remember Guardiola saying that City could only afford Jack Grealish, and stay inside the boundaries, by selling a few of their academy kids, but like Chelsea and Liverpool, their academy's have been set up to create another source of income.

Good luck to Lewis Dobbin, but I think he's definitely reached a stage in his career where he needs to start playing football on a regular basis, if he's going to develop and improve.

Simms and Cannon left for £13.5M, and we bought Beto and Chermiti for £45M instead. I'd like to actually give the youth team players a proper chance.

Even if it is a PR fiddle, £10M is an excellent bit of business for us. Really hope he does well.

Why do you think Everton, are selling young players and then signing young players from other teams Anish?

“Rules are for the obedience of fools and for the interpretation of wise men” - Colin Chapman.

We've swapped a bit part player for a 6-foot midfielder with the ability to create.

He's represented England at U19s and U20s.

To say Villa would never let a player go they want is naive in the extreme.

Have to agree with the "pointless moan" comment.

"Why don't you research ahead of posting??"

Set an example for John and take your own advice.

Dobbin – 12 appearances, 1 goal.

Iroegbunam – 9 appearances, 0 goal.

Neither did much for their First Team.

I hope Tim Iroegbunam proves a good buy for Everton. But I am guessing that most Blues fans (including Ben, Ryan and Brian) had no clue about him when he signed and the “great buy” lines come from watching clips on YouTube or playing as Aston Villa on FIFA 2023. He played 157 minutes last season, and contributed 0 goals and 0 assists. The assessment that he is “a 6-foot midfielder with the ability to create?”. Well, I guess he really is 6ft.

John, I agree with you that it was a short-sighted mistake to sell Lewis Dobbin. Quoting his contribution with Derby is relevant as he had a continuous stretch of games when on loan.

We have sold just about every player capable of supplying goals and assists in the last 3 years – James, Richarlison, Iwobi, Gordon, Simms, Cannon, Dobbins and potentially Calvert-Lewin – absolutely driven by the need to bring in transfer fees due to our finances.

If we didn't need to sell before 30 June to stabilise our PSR position, then I think we would not have considered selling Lewis. It shows how screwed the rules are that clubs now see it as more advantageous to sell academy players and take a punt on an unknown quantity.

And I'm prepared to give the lad a chance in having the ability to create for us rather than do him down before he's kicked a ball for us but hey if that's your bag, you're not alone on here.