Transfer Rumours Archive

Parker, Barnetta and Eduardo

Parker, Barnetta and Eduardo

With the World Cup over for our country once again after the national disgrase they called the England football team lay down and died against the Germans the rumours are back in full force.

Despite West Ham declaring that all there players have a price except Scott Parker apparently we are ready to test there resolve by making a £10 million bid for the England International.

Parker, in my opinion is a fantastic player and one I wish we took full advantage of when he left Chelsea but I think the greedy Hammers owners will demand to much for a player reaching the later years of his career.

Tranquillo Barnetta

Tranquillo Barnetta is a Switzerland international who played a big part in the Switz World Cup Campaign even though they were sent packing in the group stages.

I don’t know a lot about the midfielder except that he’s 25 years old and that he helped Bayer Levukusen to a fantastic early season run last season – courtesy of Wikipedia of course.

Apparently we will make a £4million offer for the player, which does sound like the kind of cash Martin O’Neill likes to splash around but he doesn’t have the British pedigree that he tends to go for.

Eduardo

Now we was linked with Eduardo earlier in the summer and over the past few days the rumour has come back from nowhere with Talksport announcing it yesterday.

There is no doubt he is a quality player but I’m pretty sure a lot was made about songs sung about him at the Emirates by Villa fans when he broke his leg which would make me question why he would have any interest in signing for Villa at all?

Never the less despite him not regaining the form he had before his injury I still think he could be a fantastic player with a new club and a fresh start so I would welcome the move.

Villa close in on first summer signing?

Villa close in on first summer signing?

According to reports we are closing in on a deal for Sporting Braga defender Evaldo after his agent was recently seen in England.

Now they are touting the Brazilian defender as a possible replacement for Luke Young who’s future looks virtually anywhere but Villa but after checking out his Wikipedia player it states he’s a left back.

He has had two decent season’s in Portugal and has been linked with many clubs but as you can tell I don’t know much about the player, so I can’t really comment.

Carlton Cole

The Carlton Cole rumour has resurfaced once again as apparently we will do battle with Spurs and Bayern Munich for his signature.

I wouldn’t lose much sleep if we lost out in the battle for him or if there was no truth in this story what so ever. He’s never really impressed me and at the moment he just looks like a decent player in a very poor West Ham side.

Reminds me of when Juan Pablo Angel was linked with a £20million move to Liverpool because he had one decent season at Villa – mainly press talk.

2010/11 Fixtures

This is just a head’s up really, the new Premier League fixtures are out on Thursday and with the World Cup taking centre stage at the moment you probably won’t hear much about them but they are still a priority for me and the future of our club so be sure to check back here for who will be first up at Villa Park and when we will meet the smelly neighbours.

The World Cup, Prediction League and Transfer Rumours..

The World Cup, Prediction League and Transfer Rumours..

With the World Cup just a matter of days away now there isn’t much football talk relating to Aston Villa at the moment because as you would expect its more about the biggest sports competition on the planet.

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Transfer Rumours

As I already stated there isn’t a lot to write about on this front. We have been linked with a possible move for Martin Petrov who has been released from his contract at Man City – a player I wouldn’t mind being given a short term contract.

‘Arry Redknapp is reportedly willing to offer around £10million and Robbie Keane to take Gabby Agbonlahor of us which I don’t think will be happening any time soon seeing as Gabby is one of O’Neill’s golden boys.

England v Allstars

James Milner, Stephen Warnock and Emile Heskey all featured in Englands 3-0 victory over local South African side Platinum Allstars yesterday afternoon.

All three played the second half and now many believe Heskey will be the player to start along side Wayne Rooney against the USA on Saturday.

England’s goals come from Jermaine Defoe, Joe Cole and Wayne Rooney.

Dunne wants Ireland, Warnock thinks we will lose Milner.

Dunne wants Ireland, Warnock thinks we will lose Milner.

The internet and the paper are just full of what two of our players think and want this summer.

First of all it is not good when a player of our own club comes out and states that he believes we will lose James Milner this summer.

It make’s me wonder if he’s heard or seen something in the England Camp this past week or so for him to believe this but he should be keeping his mouth shut and concentrating on trying to force his way into the England setup especially after Leighton Baines poor performance last night against Mexico.

I often wonder why players are aloud to talk so much in the press and it annoys the hell out of me, but eh? I’m just a football fan and I don’t run a football club so what do I know? Saying that it gives me something to write about here I suppose.

Stephen Ireland

Now there are rumours around that Stephen Ireland has handed in a transfer request to seek first team football elsewhere but I have searched everywhere and I can’t seem to find anything official on this.

Anyway, Richard Dunne has stated that he would welcome Stephen Ireland to Aston Villa with open arms and If Martin O’Neill is interested I think Dunne could just be the reason why Ireland joins Aston Villa.

But you have to question at what cost though? Would Man City want to sell to us unless we allowed James Milner to move in the other direction? They have been linked with a move for Mikel Arteta today and again it makes you wonder if they have given up on Milner and are looking elsewhere but I can’t see Arteta leaving Everton as he seem’s to be very loyal towards David Moyes.

So as much as we keep talking about in’s and out’s and our neighbours across the City look to be on the verge of signing there second player already this summer we still sit around waiting for some kind of news to come out of Villa Park.

Villa linked with host of players!

Villa linked with host of players!

Finally the talk about James Milner seem’s to have gone quiet for now and there’s plenty of transfer rumours flying around this sunday morning about Villa and who Martin O’Neill has his eyes set on.

Valencia Pair

The News of the World are linking us with Valencia pair Nikola Zigic and Miguel. Now I could be wrong here but I’m pretty sure we was linked with both these players last summer and nothing ever come of it. The deal is set to be around £9.5million and Zigic’s a big Serbian Striker who has scored 176 goals in 276 games which isn’t to bad of a record. While Miguel is a highly rated 30 year old Portuguese right back.

Robbie Keane

The Mirror are stating we are about to splash out £15million on soon to be 30 year old Robbie Keane who will no doubt want a big wage so could cost the club up to another £10million. I can’t see there being to much in this one as I don’t think any club, especially Martin O’Neill would part with that kind of money for a player of that age.

Other Stories

- News of the World: Sunderland and Aston Villa will both do battle for Nedum Onouha’s signature this summer. Another that I can’t see being very true as I believe Man City will want to keep hold of him.

- The Mirror: Stephen Ireland will be used as bait as part of the James Milner deal as Man City continue to pursue the England international.

- Sunday Mirror: A host of clubs including Aston Villa will do battle for Newcastle defender Steven Taylor