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As always, Avillafan.com will bring you right up to date with all the latest transfer news circulating Villa Park on deadline day – from that rumour to any official news. This page will be updated whenever we receive any news so be sure to keep refreshing. 19:00 Sky Sports’ Pete Colley has just tweeted that he believes Villa are now done for this transfer window. 18:46 Barry Bannan has officially completed his move to Crystal Palace on a three year deal. ( Link ) 18:12 Villa have completed the signing of striker Libor Kozak from Lazio. Kozak put pen to paper…

With three games in a week, Lambert decided to rotate the players a bit. It gave the fans the chance to see more of the new signings and the league cup should give us further clues. What can we make of the new signings so far? My thoughts are that Luna is good going forward but is he any better than Bennett, who is also better going forward than in defence? With Baker a more solid left back, how much value is there in Luna? Jores Okore has had a disrupted pre-season but when he has played has looked rapid…

Barry Bannan has today confirmed that Paul Ince and Blackpool are in talks to take the Scotland international on a loan deal. Bannan was asked on his official Instagram account if there was any truth in the rumours suggesting that the Seasiders are in talks to take him on loan, to which the midfielder replied ‘truth’. The 23-year-old midfielder has fallen out of favour with Villa boss Paul Lambert and was said to have turned down a permanent deal to Blackburn earlier in the transfer window as he wanted to stay in the Premiership. However, with the clock ticking,…

Times were hard last year for Villa fans. It is, however, a new season and the fans have new football kits to put on, new players to watch and, most importantly, a real reason to be excited, with the prospect of some success this season. With last season’s nightmare still fresh in the memory, many fans woke up on Saturday morning with a mixture of excitement and nerves. Luckily, Villa, like many pundits have predicted, seem to have come of age since some of last season’s drubbings, especially the 8-0 defeat at the hands of Chelsea. The first games of…

We’ve teamed up with ‘The Times’ to celebrate the launch of The Goals hub, the new football service that offers subscribers the first chance to see every Premier League goal this season, both online and on smartphones. We are giving readers the chance to win 1 of 3, three-month subscriptions to The Times Digital Pack, which, in addition to The Goals hub provides award-winning sport and news coverage plus exclusive benefits. This competition follows the innovative advertising campaign the Sports Newspaper of the Year has used to mark the beginning of the season and launch the new service. ‘The Times’ has…

Samir Carruthers has tonight posted a picture on his instagram of the view from his hotel room. This picture clearly shows MK Dons’ home stadium – Stadium MK. The Dons kicked off their season last weekend with a goalless draw away to Shrewsbury, followed up with a 2-1 victory over Northampton in the League Cup on Tuesday. According to the bookies, Karl Robinson’s side have a chance of making the play-offs this season and it appears they believe that Samir Carruthers could help them to achieve that goal. The 20-year-old midfielder has been in the reserve seen for a little…

Every now and again football supporters compare their football clubs to cars and today Motors.co.uk have put together a table of cars and matched them with each of the 2013-14 Premiership teams. After reading the article, you may also want to see the best car charger you must have in your car all the time. A compact charger with the most convenient and efficient function to charge multiple devices at the same time. I will take you through a few – be sure to let me know if you agree with the match for each club. I will take you…

92 clubs in 92 hours – that’s the challenge a team faces when it aims to visit all Football League grounds to raise money for the charity Help for Heroes. The four-man squad will leave Wembley Stadium after England’s World Cup qualifier with Montenegro on Friday October 11 and aim to be back in time for the game where Roy Hodgson’s men take on Poland on Tuesday, October 15. They will all take turns at driving their 2,600-mile route, collecting donations along the way. Two of the team have military experience – Darren Young served with the Royal Air Force…

Aston Villa kicked off their pre-season and tour of Germany with a 1-1 draw with lower league Sv Rödinghausen. It was never going to be a game about the result or the performance, in fact the whole tour will probably be more about the players regaining their fitness. However, we all know you cant tell some fans this – for some its about the results from the off and worry about the fitness later but this isn’t the way to do things. Paul Lambert picked two different teams for each half with both Aleksandar Tonev and Leandro Bacuna making debuts. The…

During most seasons football fans debate who they predicted would shine and of course flop for their team so I asked people on our Aston Villa Forums to predict who they thought would shine in the 2013-14 season. In this article I will tell you all about my predictions and who got the most votes on the forum. Top Goalscorer: Christian Benteke There has been much talk about our big Belgian striker this summer with the media suggesting he wants out but I firmly believe he will still be a Villa player next season – and our top goalscorer once…