I'd rather we look in the English lower leagues. Leicester have proven that they are there.

@sxp55555

Leicester haven't done so bad getting players from the German and French leagues :

Fuchs - FC Schalke
Mahrez - Le Havre
Kante - Caen
Okazaki - Mainz

I think we should be looking to keep a British and Irish core. Already we have a growing French speaking group of players; Cabaye and Souare aren't fluent English speakers and you'd imagine Adebayor, Sako and Chamakh generally prefer conversing in French. We don't want to end up like Newcastle.

Don't really want to see that group get too large, certainly if Adebayor is still here. He seems the kind of character others will attach themselves to and maybe get distracted and further from the rest of the group. That's just my idea of what could happen and my assumptions of Adebayor based on what's been said of him before, I could be completely wrong.

Edited by Mad4palace (18 Apr 2016 10.26am)

Unfortunately didn't work great for him. I wouldn't want to ban players from speaking their first language but it's worth taking into account how too many foreign players, especially those speaking the same language, might generally stick together and end up away from the rest of the group.

When someone posted that argument or non-argument (no one knows) between Yannick and Sako, I noticed it was all the French speakers bar Chamakh in the room.

How we've done it so far has been alright. Soaure was the only one to come to us with no English and no PL or Championship experience. Villa must have brought in 3 or 4 from Ligue 1.

Edited by Mad4palace (18 Apr 2016 10.53am)

A.Villa signed the following current players from the French League :

Amavi - Nice
Gueye - Lille
Veretout - Nantes
Ayew - Lorient.

Think they cost @ £30 Mill in total.

Of the current players :

Haidara - Nancy
Sissoko - Toulouse
Gouffran - Bordeaux
Saivet - Bordeaux
Thauvin - Marseille
Riviere - Monaco

Think approx £27 Mill the lot.

Edited by Willo (18 Apr 2016 11.53am)