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Hendrik Almstadt has been appointed as Aston Villa’s first ever sporting director. Almstadt has arrived from Arsenal, where Tom Fox used to work as well, the German’s responsibilities will include technical scouting, data analytics, financial budgeting and contract management, the academy…
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Takeover dead; I’m not sure what to think
Tim Sherwood has been quoted as saying that he thinks the takeover by a consortium that had been granted exclusivity, has failed. We knew the period was six weeks and we knew it was up soon, but it seems it’s…
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Transfer Rumours: Praet, Holgate and Darder Deal
There has been a little bit of transfer news over the weekend. It seems as though Tottenham have pulled out of the race for Benteke as they are unwilling to make a £32.5 million bid. Adebayor is linked… yet again…
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Guzan to Be Reinstated As Number 1 Goalkeeper
Aston Villa’s search for a new goalkeeper has come to an end after Tim Sherwood failed to land number one target Begovic from Stoke. Instead Brad Guzan will gain his place back in the starting 11 after losing his starting…
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Delph is staying; A Legend in the making, agree? (POLL)
Well, this is a turn up for the books isn’t it? Fabian Delph has come out with a totally unequivocal statement that says he’s staying. Here are the actual words that have come from the horse’s mouth, as reported on…
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Mark Bunn Joins Aston Villa
Aston Villa sign former Norwich keeper Mark Bunn on a free transfer, the 30 year old has signed a two-year contract with Aston Villa. This comes after Shay Given is set to join Stoke City on a free transfer after Stoke…
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Shay Given Set to Join Middlesbrough
Shay Given is set to join Middlesbrough on a free transfer after Middlesbrough made a move for the experience Irish keeper. This comes as a bit of a shock since many fans believed that it would be Brad Guzan that…
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Benteke; Will he stay or will he go? and the new kit.
There doesn’t seem to have been much happening over the last couple of days, does there? What’s being printed by the press is interesting though, as depending which paper you read, Brendan Rodgers is going to meet Benteke’s £32.5 million…
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Transfer window thoughts; encouraging.
I’m bored. Bored with the lack of footy action and bored with all the rumours I keep reading, where I know 99% of them are at best pure conjecture and at worst complete rubbish. That said, at least some of…
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Idrissa Gueye Set to Sign for Villa for £9 million
Aston Villa have agreed a transfer fee with Lille for midfielder Idrissa Gueye (25 years). Gueye is set to fly out to Birmingham today to undergo a medical and agree personal terms. But the main headline is that the transfer agreed…
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Transfer Rumours and the Media
Third generation Villan has offered the following, something I think many of us will agree with; I, like most fans enjoy the transfer window especially the summer window, where we look everywhere we can constantly to see who we could…
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Aston Villa and Liverpool Agree Deal for Benteke
Talksport has published an article claiming that Aston Villa and Liverpool have reached an agreement over the transfer of Christian Benteke. Yesterday it was rumoured that Benteke would prefer to move to Liverpool over Tottenham. “My understanding is Christian Benteke,…
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Ron Vlaar Now Officially A Free Agent
July 1st has rolled around and not only does it mark the opening of the summer transfer window, but Ron Vlaar’s contract has no officially expired. Vlaar was offered a new contract at the beginning of July but he has…
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£1.3 Million Bid For Nicolai Boilesen Rejected
Upon rumours that Aston Villa were interested in signing Ajax left-back Nicolai Boilesen, Ajax have reportedly turned down a £1.3 million offer for Boilesen ultimately confirming Aston Villa’s interest. Ajax want another £1 million at least, in a deal that could…
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Transfer Rumours: Chery Bid Rejected; Adebayor Linked again; Boilesen Interest
There really hasn’t been too much news regarding Aston Villa throughout the past few days. There have been a lot of quotes from Wilkins regarding the signing of Richards and that losing Delph is a possibility. I’m not going to…
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Does Delph Have a £10 million Buy-out clause?
The news that dominated Aston Villa across the weekend was that Manchester City would make a bid for Fabian Delph because Delph’s new contract had a £10-12 million buy-out clause. This clause was allegedly part of a compromise between Lerner…
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Transfer Rumours: Begovic Bid Turned Down, Spurs Triple Swoop & Benteke Bid
Today there is more news on the Aston Villa transfer front. Stoke City have rejected a bid from Aston Villa for their keeper Asmir Begovic. Begovic is heading into his last 12-months on his current contract and will sit down…
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Ray Wilkins Joins Aston Villa Coaching Staff
The well known Ray Wilkins has joined the Aston Villa coaching staff. Wilkins is famously known for his work at Chelsea as an assistant coach to the likes of Gianluca Vialli, Luiz Felipe Scolari, Guus Hiddink and Carlo Ancelotti. That is quite a resume.…
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Transfer Rumours: Begovic a High Priority Target, Cousins & Benteke Update
The big transfer rumour news surrounding Aston Villa today was that Villa are favourites to sign Stoke City keeper Asmir Begovic. According to the Sentinel Aston Villa are willing match Chelsea’s offer for Begovic, offer a large wage package and first-team…