It’s a breaking news type of thing; Robert Pires has passed his medical at Bodymoor and has signed a six month contract which takes him through to the end of the season. Carlos Cuellar tweeted earlier today that he’d met Pires at Bodymoor, he looked fit and they talked in Spanish – Pires was at Villarreal for four years of course.
I’m looking forward to seeing Bobby in action, not sure exactly where he’ll fit in, but as I keep
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In case you weren’t aware, Fabian Delph was stretchered out of Bodymoor on Saturday with a “serious knee injury” and immediately went for scans to assess the damage. The news is not good, here’s the official statement from the club:-
AVFC
Fabian Delph suffered a rupture of the anterior cruciate ligament [ACL] in his left knee in training on Saturday at Bodymoor Heath. This has been confirmed by clinical examinations and scans.
Fabian will undergo ACL reconstruction at the appropriate time
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Once upon a time being compared to Michael Owen would have been considered a good thing. These days, not so much. Nevertheless, Dmitri Sychev, due to his pace, has apparently earned the comparison in his native Russia where he has also been called “the most sensational young Russian forward since Vladimir Beschastnykh” and is now being linked to Aston Villa.
Who knows how much truth is in this story, and it’s not my usual cup of tea to address baseless speculation
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Despite some early blockbusters, it’s been quite a subdued transfer market overall this summer. Nevertheless, Martin O’Neill managed to match last summer’s influx by bringing in seven new faces, although his hand may have been forced somewhat by the exists of Gareth Barry & Martin Laursen.
Here’s the seven in the order they joined:-
Stewart Downing, 16/07/09, £12m, Middlesbrough
Fabian Delph, 04/08/09, £8m, Leeds
Habib Beye, 07/08/09, £2.5m, Newcastle
Andy Marshall, 12/08/09, Free, N/A
Stephen Warnock, 27/08/09, £8m, Blackburn
James Collins, 01/09/09, £5m, West Ham
Richard Dunne,
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As expected, after playing so recently in the Peace Cup, it was just kids that were sent down to Oxford to play the conference side at the Kassam Stadium. I listened to the commentary on BBC Radio Oxford and I could hear the 700 odd Villa fans in good voice. I was also treated to the dolcid tones of Jack Woodward in the background, at one point comparing the pitch to a snooker table which left the radio
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Aston Villa have just confirmed that Fabian Delph has been signed from Leeds Utd.
The fee is thought to be around £6million with £2million in potential add-ons.
He’s 19 years old, an attacking midfielder and the 2009 Football League Young Player of the Year. He won Players’ Player of the Year, Young Player of the Year & Goal of the Season in Leeds Utd’s annual awards for the 2008/09 season.
I’m really looking forward to seeing him and action and hope that
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Firstly, I just want to reiterate my policy that this is a blog, not a news site. I’m not looking to create sensationalist headlines to fish traffic from NewsNow and so, for the time being at least, I’ve no intention of submitting this site to be included in their feeds. I generally don’t want to get involved in speculation or gossip.
However, today’s news has a slightly different slant on it that causes me to believe that the signing
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