Aston Villa News 24/7Brad Friedel chooses to join Tottenham
Brad Friedel had a surprising number of options open to him as his Villa contract came to an end. Interest was reportedly shown by Liverpool, Arsenal and Tottenham, along with [...]
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Michael Bradley set to sign permanently for Aston Villa
With the headlines currently being dominated by Mark Hughes’ resignation from Fulham and the inevitable linkage to the Villa Park vacancy (I’m not convinced by the way), it’s easy to [...]
Stewart Downing and the two year hitch
It’s widely known that Man Utd have adopted a couple of firm policies when it comes to player dealings. Firstly, they want to stick to players under 26 years old [...]
The Brad(s) situation: Part II; what about Little Brad?
Brad Guzan wouldn’t have been a name known to many outside of the United States when Martin O’Neill first tried to acquire the keeper’s services from Chivas USA in January [...]
The Brad(s) situation: Part I; Big Brad turns 40
Brad Friedel turned 40 years old today, so, aside from wishing the big man many happy returns, it seemed like a good excuse to take a glance at our goalkeeping [...]
January transfer round up
It’s been the busiest January transfer window I can remember – testament to our lack of activity in the summer and position in the table at the turn of the [...]
Michael Bradley on verge of joining Aston Villa on loan, but is he needed?
There are four American midfielders at the moment that I’d be be happy to see join Villa if we had room to use them; Clint Dempsey and Landon Donovan are [...]
It’s a Kind of Blue for Davies
Curtis Davies joined Birmingham City in a deal likely to be worth £3.5m after being on the cusp of rejoining what he called “Sven’s revolution” at Leicester on loan. Sebastian [...]
Battle of the big money strikers, Carew on loan, Makoun arrives
Five days ago, I wasn’t much looking forward to Saturday, but how quickly things can change; all it took was £24m! Seriously though, it’s amazing what a boost the acquisition [...]
