Yes, some people are taking it as 24m plus add-ons, but it's probably including add-ons. Either way, we are paying quite a small fraction of it for Simms, who may not be quite so frighteningly direct, but has qualities I've never seen in Gyokeres.
Vik's attributes seemed pretty obvious to me right from the time of his loan spell, so I never really got the negativity. What a fantastic asset he has been at Championship level. But I can't help thinking the pendulum of opinion has swung too far the other way. People assumed there'd be a queue...
A horrible day despite eventually staying up. I remember several times towards the end of the game the Villa fans started cheering, clearly in response to deliberately started (but false) rumours that Luton had scored meaning we were going down.
Not sure I've ever seen a player similar to Vik tbh.
If we're lucky we'll somebody of a similar standard, but they surely won't play the same way. He's a one-off, in good ways and bad.
Personally think he's unlucky to have been let go, as there were times earlier last season when I thought he looked a useful squad player in this league, and we are now in the market for several CBs.
So my memory is playing tricks on me laughing 🤣
I can still see one of Killer's penalties in my head, straight down the middle at 100 miles an hour not far under the bar, with the keeper powerless to do anything. Must have been a different game!
That 3 match sequence was a ridiculous escape.