Aston Villa gaffer effectively tells Liverpool to sod off over Barry bid
May 8, 2008
Don’t get Martin O’Neill mad. The Northern Irishman has got one hell of a temper on him and, like a dog with a bone, the Aston Villa manager is mad keen to retain the services of Gareth Barry at the Midlands club. This will serve the dual purpose of keeping arguably Villa’s best player, while also sending out a message that they are not a selling club and aren’t too far away from challenging the ‘Big Four’.
The Guardian reports that O’Neill found Liverpool’s £10million offer for his midfielder nothing short of ludicrous and claims that all this transfer speculation has effected the Villa captain. Perhaps he’s secretly pleased that they’ve lodged such a derisory bid for Barry and that they’ll now go and pursue other players after being told where to shove their ten mill.
“I must clarify this point, as we speak, we are a million miles away [from Barry joining Liverpool],” said O’Neill, who was upset that details of the bid were leaked on Merseyside. “At the moment, it would be like me offering £20m for [Lionel] Messi. Barcelona would say, ‘So what?’ That’s not saying that Messi would want to come.” Asked whether Liverpool’s bid undervalued Barry, O’Neill replied: “Absolutely, without question. This lad is playing for England.”
It also appears that Liverpool offered a couple of players along with their money for Barry, which was instantly rebuffed by O’Neill as presumptuous that he’d want the cast-offs at his club. One thing’s for sure, there’s a lot of love for the midfielder at Villa Park and it will take a lorry-load of cash to dislodge him from the club he’s served so loyally.
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Not sure we really need or want thim. I’d rather the £10m went elsewhere. He’s not going to get into our centre mid and we need a left midfielder with pace who can beat people. The only place he’d get in the side would be at left back and I don’t think he’d fancy that himself…
Personally i would like to think that Barry would stay at Villa, i know the guy, all be it not well, but someone from the other side of the world can see that he is Villa through and through, and this decision on his part is going to be a very influential one for the future of the club!
Martin O’Neill should keep his mouth shut. He is the one who seems to be blabbing this all over the media yet blames Benitez. Acting like a total prick.
Martin is just trying to get chelsea involved in a bidding war with liverpool.Does he really think that GB will choose villa over regular trophy challenges.
o neill is in the media blabbing because he is upset at benitez and his underhand tactics. fair play to him. benitez is being a cunt and o neill has the right to reply to his bullshit.
and anyway allahs boot, with liverpool seemingly going backwards in the league from last year, maybe barry will fancy taking villa to fourth and the champions league.
He’s handed in a transfer request. Fuck you O’Neill you overrated twat.