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It’s looking more likely that Gareth Barry will play for Villa in tonight’s UEFA game against FH Hafnarfjordur rendering him cup tied in all European cups till February, and putting the boot, finally, into the second longest transfer saga of the summer.
Hicks and Gillette must be secretly hoping for Barry to play this evening, and [...]

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The protracted transfers of Peter Crouch and Steve Sidwell have at last been agreed, with both players awaiting medicals with their respective new employers before being officially unveiled.
Crouch will join Portsmouth for a fee somewhere around £10million in a move that will see the striker back at Fratton Park for a second spell. There is [...]

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Aston Villa have agreed a fee of £5.5million for Chelsea midfielder Steve Sidwell, the player who left Reading last summer on a free transfer.
Sidwell has not been a regular choice at Stamford Bridge and will be excited by what has to be considered a move forward, given his lack of games this season. He was [...]

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Aston Villa have confirmed next season they will not be wearing shirts emblazoned with a sponsor but instead be the first team in the English Premier League to sponsor a charity instead.
The logo for the charity Acorns Children’s Hospice, a local hospice in the West Midlands, will appear on their shirts; a move which could [...]

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Martin O’Neill has confirmed that Liverpool have made an offer to Aston Villa for club captain Gareth Barry. It would appear that Rafa Benitez has offered a player exchange plus cash offer for Barry, who is currently under contract at the Midlands club, with two years still to run.
O’Neill has made no secret of his [...]

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