Aston Villa have signed 31 year old French/Senegalise right back Habib Beye from Newcastle Utd on a three year contract.
He’s highly regarded by Newcastle fans in his right back role, but can also fill in at centre back. He’s obviously used to working with James Milner on the right, so shouldn’t have too many problems adapting.
At 31, I’d like to hope that MON plans to use Habib as a utility/squad player, perhaps just seeing us through a season or
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
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
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
I like Zat Knight. He’s a Villa fan, I’m a Villa fan. That shouldn’t affect how we rate players, but I can’t help letting it be a factor. I was therefore pretty disappointed and a little surprised to learn yesterday morning that he’s left us for pastures new at Bolton. Knight and Bolton have been mentioned in the same sentence a few times recently, but it’s the timing and nature of the move that causes an
Stewart Downing becomes the first player to join Aston Villa during summer 2009, but how will he fit in??
MON’s maintained his record of not signing a player at Villa during May or June, but can we expect a player or two in July? If you’re losing sleep over question like this then maybe this matrix will help, but probably not.
A look back at the games and signings from pre-season 2008/09 and an overview of pre-season 2009/10.
There’s no question that Randy Lerner is a breath of fresh air compared to the old regime under Doug Ellis… but how do the two owners compare financially??