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!
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
Richards, Guardado, and Manolev
The rumour mill continued today when Villa were linked with yet another four players. I’m going to go through each player and give you my opinion on weather or not they could make the grade at Villa Park.
Sky Sports are reporting Manchester City defender Micah Richards is being linked with Villa, along with a host of other clubs including Spurs and Arsenal. Richards is a player I admire immensly and would welcome any move for the young defender. His past season or two he seem’s to of fell out of favour at Eastlands but just like Richard Dunne I think he’s a player who needs a fresh start at a new club with new management.
Radio Cadena Ser are claiming that Villa are to do battle with Blackburn over the possible signing of winger Andres Guardado of Deportivo La Coruna. I’m not going to make up some rubbish and say I know a lot about this player apart from he’s decent on Football Manager. Having taken a look at his wikipedia page, he’s only 23 and has already nearly clocked up half a century of apperances for his country.
The Mail are reporting that we are interested in Stanislav Manolev and will have to fight of competition from Manchester City for the Bulgarian full back. He has apparently taken Dutch football by storm since his £3million move to PSV last summer and both English clubs are set to pay around double that to bring him to the Premiership.
David Beckham, Dani Guiza, and Thomas Kuszczak
I couldn’t really write a post today without mentioning what’s happened to David Beckham. If you haven’t already heard, Beckham has been ruled out of the World Cup after snapping his Achilles tendon.
Its a shame for such a player, who clearly wanted to play some part at the World Cup, and probably more than most do. He’s a true legend and always will be in my eyes.
Now onto the rumours, Villa have been linked with a move for Fenerbahce striker Dani Guiza. The striker has made it clear he wants to quit Turkey, but he has been rumoured with wanting to return to his homeland Spain.
The striker has scored 19 goals in 45 appearances in Turkey and has a record of scoring where ever he goes.
Now Thomas Kuszack is another apparently on Martin O’Neill’s radar and the Daily Star are today suggesting that Martin O’Neill will try to persuade the unsettled goalkeeper to move to Villa Park, and become the number 1 goalkeeper.
The 27 year old has played second fiddle to Edwin Van De Sar since he signed from West Bromwich Albion and he recently stated that he may have to quit Old Trafford if he is to fur-fill his Premiership ambitions.
I would welcome the move for Kuszczak who i rate very highly and would love to seem him take over Brad Friedel in the Villa goal.
Hleb on his way to Villa Park?
I will try and move on from what happened on Sunday, despite the fact I can’t stop thinking about how we got screwed in a cup final.
The rumour mill kicked back in today when Villa was linked with a move for Belarus and former Arsenal midfielder Alexander Hleb.
Hleb has found it hard to settle in Spain and has since been loaned out to German side Stuttgart. However, any signs of that deal becoming permanent were in doubt when he had a bust-up with Stuttgart Coach, Christian Gross.
It has been said that he wants to return to the English Premier League and Villa could be just the side to open the door for him.
