For Sale: Aston Villa F.C?
I’m getting increasingly annoyed by the transfer speculation relating towards a select few of our players and I think it’s about time Villa approached it like a big club and got things sorted once and for all.
When Randy Lerner announced in a statement a few weeks ago that James Milner will be going nowhere I was a very happy man but the more papers and press I read and hear about the more I think it’s going to be one hell of a long summer and the Gareth Barry transfer saga comes to mind.
Let’s be honest if rumours are true Man City are joined by Chelsea and Man United in the hunt for Milner and he won’t be a Aston Villa player next season.
And the fact is James Milner is away at the moment with the England camp, and all three sides I mentioned above are all represented well in this camp so there’s no doubt they are talking about the situation with Jimmy.
What also seem’s to be coming out of the floorboards is rumours that City also want Ashley Young at the same time as Milner. Now I mentioned this a few weeks ago and I stated I wouldn’t mind losing Young but at the same time when will it stop if we just roll over and die and allow these player’s to leave one after another?
Why didn’t Villa just tie Milner down on a long term deal before he left for the World Cup? And then all this speculation could of been avoided.
Come on Villa – If we want to be a big football club, lets start acting like one!
O’Neill and More Milner talk!
Lets face it we have a very good manager and one who is always going to be linked with top clubs so it is no real surprise that Liverpool apparently want Martin O’Neill to replace the possible outgoing Rafa Benitez.
Liverpool have had a absolute terrible season, and with the manager refusing to commit himself to the club despite just signing a long term deal and the ownership of the club in the air it’s no wonder they want a manager who can bring stab-ability.
And in my opinion there are two options for this and that’s Martin O’Neill and David Moyes and I don’t think Moyes is brave enough to move across Stanley Park after so long with the Blue side of Mersyside.
Randy Lerner has already said Martin will be at Villa Park next season and he has today come out in the press again stating that he wouldn’t allow O’Neill to move to Liverpool so that is that.
James Milner
According to a lot of the press Milner is already on his way out of Villa Park but unless he says he want’s to leave I don’t think he will be leaving as Villa wont sell him – after all we don’t need to.
Apparently Man City and Chelsea will do battle for his signature and will sign him for around £24million. Let’s face it this isn’t the first James Milner rumour and It wont be the last – It’s what comes with top quality players.
Late strike kills Youth dream.
As if losing out in the Champions League race, falling at Wembley twice because of silly referee decision’s, losing on penalty’s in the Reserves Final, we now fall at the last hurdle in the Youth Cup Final.
The season as become a season of ‘oh so nearly, but not nearly enough’.
A absolute scorcher from Conor Cliffard won the cup for Chelsea last night in a game where if we are honest they played us of the field and deserved the victory.
Just like the first leg, Villa took the lead against the run of play when Kofi Poyser headed past Chelsea keeper Sam Walker.
Chelsea simply turned up the pressure and if they didn’t win this game they would of kicked themselves.
The Blues were soon back on level terms midway through the second half thanks to Marko Mitrovic, and then late on that strike from Cliffard, that was worthy of winning any Cup Final.
Hopefully the lads will now go away and enjoy there summer holidays before coming back rejuvenated and ready to go again, and even force there ways into the first team.
Villa Youth 1 Chelsea Youth 1
The Fa Youth Cup Final ended up all square tonight at a very wet Villa Park.
Daniel Devine gave Villa the lead after just 19 minutes against the run of play when Richard Blythe swung over a corner and Devine’s header looped over Sam Walker in the Chelsea goal.
However, just after the hour mark Chelsea equalised when Jeffery Bruma fired home a free kick from 25 yards out.
The two sides will now do battle again at Stamford Bridge on Tuesday evening.
