Good lord no. Injury prone and will want huge wages. Like Glenn Johnson, the total opposite of what we need to be bringing to the club.

How do Villa get a mega rich owner and then when staring into the potential jaws of oblivion they get backing from not 1 but 2 billionaires? And we get Venkys, f***ing Venkys! F**k football!

Awesome news. Well deserved too. We'd have never got out of League One without him.

It happens. As long as the selling club allow him too and sometimes even if they don't!

Why?

Me neither. We've talked a lot on here about this guy but i've never seen a link with rovers and him (could be wrong) it seems to have been a suggestion which has snowballed somewhat.

Where did he play? Centre mid?

We were never beating Liverpool after those 8 changes but it’s pre season and everyone needs minutes.

We all hate Leeds, scum, we all hate Leeds, scum! City fans would love nothing more than to get one over Leeds Utd.

Removing goal music is as good as signing a player. Great news.

Not saying we should loan him out but I thought I read an interview where Mogga said Wharton had been tested at league 2 and now needs to try League one? Could be wrong though.

Good news, as JH says, i expect he'll be off out on loan

Looking at that image, I’m not too keen on that kit.

I find it unbelievable that he isn't at the required fitness levels to play in a pre-season friendly. I'd say sell him but who's going to buy him?

Marcus Antonsson has signed for Malmo on a permanent deal. So we can scratch him off any potential incomings list (thankfully)

Not really good enough from Evans though is it? I mean, if I felt the same way, getting caught out and then apologising isn’t going to make me feel any different. I’d just be more careful. Mowbray is trying to build a squad that has a good connection with the fan base. Evans, clearly isn’t buying into it.

I have no doubts we will be lining up with a back 3 against Ipswich. Mowbray wanted us to play that last season and I think injuries forced his hand to switch formation and it worked, so he had to stick with it. But it was always coming back.

Ah, you 2 guys (right?) so much football knowledge (genuinely) Yes, I’ve a had a few beers but the point still stands that your knowledge/insights into the game is always welcome on these boards.

Glenn Johnson was never worth £18million, he may have been sold for that much but he was never worth it. He'll turn 34 in a month and has a nice history with injuries to go with that. He would be here for one reason and one reason only, a final pay day.

Exactly the type of player we need to avoid.

Yep, awful club. Ruins a lot of players careers.

Not sure he ever turned into the player people thought he would after he left here. He also suffered an ACL injury a couple of season back, always a concern with those types of injuries.

I’d say so. Would he not be a replacement for McClean who’s gone AWOL to force a move away?

Need to see how he gets on in pre season, hopefully he does well and catches Mogga's eye. Evans shouldn't be an automatic starter, far from it in fact.