Rumours Gal-our: Harewood, Keane, Ireland, McGeady & Doyle!

It’s no surprise that the end of the season is near as Aston Villa are starting to be rumoured with just about any player who is unsettled or possibly due a move to a bigger club.

I will start today with our very own Marlon Harewood. It’s no secret that he will be leaving Villa Park in the very near future and theres reported interest from Galatasary and Al-Sadd.

He will be a free agent in the summer and although lower league sides are almost certain to show interest the rumour is that Marlon wants to make a fresh start overseas.

There is a rumour also that we are lining up moves for Irish quartet Robbie Keane, Stephen Ireland, Aiden McGeady and Kevin Doyle. Lets just look at each one at there own merit for a second.

Robbie Keane turned down a move to Villa Park on more than one occasion in the past, and is hitting an age now where we after wonder if he can still do a job in the Premier League. Yes, he’s scoring goals in Scotland but we all know by now that doesn’t exactly mean a lot. So is this the 20 goal a season striker we crave for? I don’t think so.

Stephen Ireland in my opinion is a very talented footballer but has the wrong atitude at times. He’s a playboy who likes his bling bling and you have to question why hes fell out of favour so much at Manchester City? Despite this with the right guidance he is a player I would take a chance on and try and bring, however would Manchester City sell to a rival? Again, I don’t think so.

Aiden McGeady is the next one on the list, and again like every summer he’s linked with a move down South. I don’t know a lot about him so I’m not going to pretend I do, but everytime I have seen him play he hasn’t looked anything special to me. And with this one you have to ask yourself, why hasn’t no-one actually tried to bring him down South already when he’s been linked with moves for the past two or three seasons. This is the kind of signing I can see Martin O’Neill doing, but it’s not one I would encourage.

And now it brings me to Wolves striker Kevin Doyle. Kevin Doyle in my opinion is at the right club. Wolverhampton Wanderers, like Reading are made for him. They will appreciate him and I don’t think he really would be made for a bigger club. I can’t see him scoring 20 goals a season regardless of who he plays for and I wouldn’t want to even think about the possible price tag Wolves would place on their star asset so again this is a big no no for me.