I didn't say I didn't believe it. It's just amusing how your ITK source fed you this stuff a couple of days after you heard about juicy gossip on Saintslist. Maybe you got confused and actually heard about the one marquee signing from your source as well and not Les Reed?
You're right, I'd much rather stay at Villa and play with Joe Cole and Phillipe Senderos...
Assuming a big club aren't in for him, offer him enough money and he'd come,
Lallana was fantastic for us last year but I'm not sure that he's a top 4 player. I don't think he's better than Couhtinho and if they do sign Greizzman he could very quickly find himself behind 2 or 3 people for the AMC spot. Fair play if he proves me wrong though.
He's still a bit of a knob for the way he handled his departure/arrival in Liverpool. The advert was plain cringey. I don't blame him for wanting to double his money.
I think Shaw is good but still has a lot to learn. As someone else said £30m for a full back who has played 60 odd top flight games and failed to get an assist is good business. He still has stuff to learn about defending as well - his pace gets him out of trouble sometimes. I think this was a good deal for both clubs.
I don't begrudge Lambert the move at all, I just hope we replace him well!