Aston Villa News 24/7Richard Dunne: I would have left Villa had Houllier stayed
Richard Dunne has confirmed what we already knew; he was heading for the exit door under Gerard Houllier. He’s yet another player to lift the lid on a testing atmosphere [...]
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Premier League 25-man squads announced
The Premier League have published the full list of 25-man squads for the first half of the 2011/12 season and there were no surprises from Aston Villa, naming 23 players.
It’s the final countdown: Summer transfer roundup
It’s a little over 10 hours to go before the rumour mongers and speculation, erm, spasmos take themselves a much needed break. At least for a fortnight or so, then [...]
Broken hearted: Makoun follows Young and Hogg out the exit door
You’ll all be aware by now that Luke Young and Jonathan Hogg left Villa, joining QPR and Watford respectively, over the weekend; both signing three year contracts. Although I missed [...]
Luke Young, Andreas Weimann and Gary Cahill
As someone who loathes the flood of transfer speculation we’re forced to swim through for the best part of 10 months of every year, I was actually pleased that cold [...]
NextGen Series kicks off in Amsterdam: Ajax 2 Aston Villa 0
It’s being billed as the “Champions League of youth football”, which is probably a massive overstatement, but the NextGen Series is an interesting competition nevertheless. We’re one of 16 teams [...]
Baker’s Colombian stay extended, but Weimann’s coming home
Nathan Baker’s Under-20 World Cup adventure will last for at least one more match after England qualified for the knockout stages in Colombia, but Andreas Weimann will be heading back [...]
N’Zogbia grabs the 10 shirt and a five year deal
It’s official then, Charles N’Zogbia is a Villan. I’d assumed that it wouldn’t be completed, or at least officially announced, until after the weekend since just about everyone is in [...]
Tale of the tape: N’Zogbia vs Downing vs Young vs Albrighton
It’s a pretty rare event that we’ll receive official confirmation of an agreement being reached to purchase a player before the actual transfer itself is announced, but that’s apparently the [...]
