Archive | June 2009
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James Milner, the future of Aston Villa
There was a time 3 years ago I believe that a young player came to Villa Park to sign to make a brilliant career and he left at the end of the day in tears when his dream move was spitefully stopped. The player instead of moaning, instead of bitching, got his head down, made [...]
New signings imminent ?
As we approach the 1st of July I understand things over the next few days could get hectic for MON and the photographer outside of Bodymoor Heath. From the information I have received and the very good source at Villatalk – MYSTERYMAN – signings are expected very shortly and even Bill Howell in his webchat [...]
Marcus Berg starring for Sweden and a Villa target
In the transfer speculation thread a little know link was added yesterday to Marcus Berg from the Express and Star, the fee is rumoured to be around £9m Well against a defence featrung Gibbs, Ohnoura, Hart and Richards he has scored two fantastic finishes in the Under 21 Semi Final and looks top quality, based [...]
Bouma to Retire ?
Sad news in the Mirror today that Freddie Bouma has gone to Holland to think about his future. This unfortunate news comes of no real shock and I wish him well in whatever descion he comes to over the summer. EDIT : 20:15 The OS have just published a story that refutes the Mirror story [...]
50 Greatest Villa Players
Not my list but one by Richard Whitehead in the Times. 50 Greatest Villains Richard is a fantastic writer on the Villa and his book ‘Children of the revolution’ is the best Villa book I have read. His top 5 are Can not imagine many of us would disagree with this but I think Archie [...]
Stuart Taylor Leaves
It has been announced that Stuart Taylor has left for Manchester City for an undisclosed fee Got to say it is probably the least exciting transfer news of the season. Taylor is happy to bench warm and when given a chance he really never took it and proved that he could be a first choice [...]
Naughton on his way ??
Despite denials from Sheffield United it appears he is on his way after they appear to be gambling on paying £1.5m for Manchester City striker Ched Evans and another £1m on Watford pair Lee Williamson and John-Joe O’Toole. The Daily Mail are reporting that Everton have bid for him but he favours a move to [...]
Can we believe facebook ?
Well according to the site avillafan.com there are strong rumours that the first transfer signing is around the corner Kyle Naughton [ Check the webpage out and you can see that on Kyle’s facebook page he has been as clear as possible on where he might be going. Naughton is one of the signings I [...]
Breaking Transfer News – Nigel Reo-Coker
According to a thread on Villatalk, Kerrang Radio are reporting that Spurs are in talks with Nigel Reo-Coker. Not the best source of course but after all the stories today it seems very viable.
New Signing – Courtney Cameron
I thought for a few minutes whether to include this one, but why not. We completed a deal today for Northampton’s 16 year old Left sided player Courtney Cameron for a undisclosed fee believed to be £50,000. This deal is in line with some other youngsters we have recently signed and indicates the new facilities [...]
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