Aston Villa and Liverpool finally end the most boring transfer saga in footballing history…
by Dexter on August 13th, 2008
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It looks like the Gareth Barry tug-of-war will finally be coming to an end - something that will surely warrant rampant rejoicing amongst all football fans…
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Perhaps surprisingly, the mother of all transfer wrangles is going to end with both clubs going their separate ways, at least that’s what the Independent reckons:
Gareth Barry’s proposed move to Liverpool has been thrown into further doubt after chief executive Rick Parry said the quoted price was “too high”.
The Villa midfielder has been poised for a move to Anfield all summer, but the Reds have been unwilling to match the asking price of £18m. There was speculation at the weekend that Liverpool’s American owners were not willing to fork out the money following Robbie Keane’s £20.3m move from Tottenham. Parry yesterday insisted George Gillett and Tom Hicks are backing Rafael Benitez. (Independent)
So that’s that - hopefully. What is slightly confusing though is that the last round of mammoth negotiations resulted in Liverpool stumping up the dosh for a Barry bid - only for them to miss Aston Villa’s negotiation deadline by minutes. What has changed in the Liverpool boardroom since then to make them re-evaluate their bid?
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Tagged Under: Aston Villa FC, Gareth Barry, liverpool fc, Premier League, Transfer Rumours
Jim - August 13th, 2008 at 1:44 am
good.
hopefully now we can concentrate on strengthening our wings rather than the middle of the park, and Alonso can play stress free.
number 1 supporter of Barry NOT coming to liverpool
blah, blah - August 13th, 2008 at 2:05 am
Liverpool should of paid it and gone on and win the league, but now it’ll be two years of nearly there and administration the end result. Leeds fans can tell you all this, so SHUT UP.
jack the ass - August 13th, 2008 at 2:46 am
Thank goodness this is over!
I doubt it! This is BS. I can’t even believe I’m commenting on this crap. I counted all my posts. 28 posts over the summer all dealing with this rubbish.
I’m done. Last one. Thats it. I’m done
jack the ass - August 13th, 2008 at 2:47 am
That’s it. I’m done. No more
jack the ass - August 13th, 2008 at 2:48 am
I can’t take it. No more. I won’t comment again.
jack the ass - August 13th, 2008 at 2:49 am
Never again.
jack the ass - August 13th, 2008 at 2:50 am
Thank God its over.
parryletic - August 13th, 2008 at 3:31 am
I’m more worried about the damage done to RAFA, what if he leaves because of this constant undermining?, do you think our spanish stars will stay in a team that screws around like this? i blame Parry he must have a sore arse from sittin on the bloody fence! for gods sake make a decision and stick to it
Anonymous - August 13th, 2008 at 4:27 am
who cares - Liverpool and Aston are both no threats for the premiership, nor will they be will current lack of depths they both have when going gets tough.
Anonymous - August 13th, 2008 at 4:28 am
who cares - Liverpool and Aston are both no threats for the premiership, nor will they be with current lack of depth they both have when going gets tough.
liverpool 4evr - August 13th, 2008 at 6:07 am
Hate Barry like hell i am so happy his not coming over to liverpool and i hope that alonso will stay.
Jonah - August 13th, 2008 at 6:20 am
Just to correct you. Liverpool DID NOT miss any deadline by minutes. Villa have not received an improved offer since they rejected Liverpool’s last offer 6 weeks ago.
You really shouldn’t believe everything you read in the papers.
Striker099 - August 13th, 2008 at 6:25 am
Humm boring you got it right, also should be underlined is the valuation made by Villa far from realistic, RB was planning to play on the left?!? Of Course he can play there :s
Mohd Fauzi - August 13th, 2008 at 8:18 am
should be good news for gunners. Big chance for them to get Alonso, the king
Whiskey Nose al - August 13th, 2008 at 8:31 am
What has changed in the Liverpool boardroom since then to make them re-evaluate their bid?
Thats exactly what Rafa will ask after the game tonight, which takes priority and we dont need any distractions. It is a very important game and i wish Barry was part of the squad so does Rafa
Whiskey Nose Al - August 13th, 2008 at 8:36 am
jack the ass 08.13.08 at 2:50 am Thank God its over.
Dont hold your breath buddy! Why hasnt MON proclaimed his victory in the press after Coco said he was too costly, i would have thought it was the perfect opportunity to blow his own trumpet?
He wants so sell and Barry is desperate to go. We might have an undislosed fee coming up as MON is spending and i am sure he will be expected to balance the books, regardless of how the press report Lerner as a no questions asked benefactor.
Watch this space!
Anonymous - August 13th, 2008 at 9:11 am
many newspaper comments are reported on pure speculation, such as the time liverpool missed the deadline, was it minutes? and the fact that liverpool cant afford the fee, have these reporters nipped into the bank and asked for rafas bank balance? i dont think so.
Regardless of the fans veiws on if the player will be a good buy/sale both clubs should have behaved slightly better, and so should the players agent.
Anonymous - August 13th, 2008 at 9:41 am
“both clubs should have behaved slightly better”
please tell me what villa did wrong in this situation?
personaly i think th fee is realistic.. but even if it was an unrealistic proposition,its their prerogative to set the price,
MON is not desperate to sell,Barry will commit to villa if liverpool don;t launch another bid in the next few days when he becomes ineligible for CL
aron - August 13th, 2008 at 10:30 am
whiskey nose al - we’r lucky that our transfer cash was set aside, so we don’t need to sell barry. We’v hardly spent fortunes in previuos seasons. O’neill certainly doesn’t want to sell barry especially to a team above us. As for villa making no difference to the prem title, well we won’t win it but we’r capable of taking points of the top three teams, ask chelsea
Aman Ramdeyal - August 13th, 2008 at 10:31 am
Glad that this is over. We will have to wait and see who Rafa will buys, as he has said he will make one more signing. Who knows it could be Joe Cole, Will have to wait and see. Jacob Blaszczykowski, anyone heard of him? Is he any good?
Fake Kop Boss - August 13th, 2008 at 10:54 am
Let’s face it, the Barry-saga was just a ruse to distract people. We were aiming for Joe Cole the whole time.
TLZ - August 13th, 2008 at 1:45 pm
Blaszczykowski is 21 years of age, right footed and plays on the wing for borussia dortmund. Has pace and skill on the ball, it’s a shame he doesn’t address the left hand side needs of the reds, but nonetheless would be a good, affordable get. Rafa should go after him for sure
chaz - August 13th, 2008 at 3:37 pm
Villa held Liverpool to ransom and paid the price.
Bradley Pearce - August 13th, 2008 at 4:02 pm
Now lets sign a decent winger and forget barry!
Dave - August 13th, 2008 at 4:31 pm
they didn’t miss the deadline by minutes. that’s absolute rubbish, they never made a bid of £18M. Get your facts straight
Big Stan - August 13th, 2008 at 4:36 pm
Its only been boring because the media has made such a shitty deal about it. If It was so boring, why continue to write about it?
alex villa fan - August 13th, 2008 at 5:05 pm
villa are going to be more sucessful then liverpool this season so you can all shut up
barry is an outstanding midfeilder and should stay at villa
liverpool have no got any money and should all sign on !!!!
Ben - August 13th, 2008 at 5:39 pm
It would be good to have but when Masch gets back and alonso stayed! We need wingers, so benitez needs to sort that!
Rafa's dad - the onion seller - August 13th, 2008 at 6:31 pm
Chaz - You’re a Twonk.
Ben - You’re a Twot.
As for you fake Kop Boss - why don’t you believe the continual information
Livershite have NO MONEY.
Villa don’t need the money - Randy has bankrolled us. Barry can stay or go.
MON is a team builder not someone one who talks and looks like a TWAT.
I know I’m the TWAT’s Dad!
liverpool4ever - August 13th, 2008 at 9:55 pm
I thought Liverpool were class tonight Alonso was inspiring in midfield, and Keane and Torres tormented standards back 4. I can understand now why we dont need Barry, just a shame we never scored off all them chances alonso created.
idiot fans - August 13th, 2008 at 10:09 pm
liverpool4ever…were we watching the same game? we were shit tonight, or worst game so far this season (including pre-season). midfield got swamped, they had a goal disallowed and we were at half pace, with a nigh on full strength team.
im red thru and thru but even im not that deluded to think we were pucker tonight.
john - August 13th, 2008 at 10:22 pm
why is it so hard for liverpool fans to believe that aston villa have more money than them and were not up to our necks in debt we dont have to sell barry to balance any books.our manager and chairman get on,and we didnt get bullied into selling gareth barry to them.
redeye - August 13th, 2008 at 11:00 pm
liverpool sucked tonight!, looked like a 1st division side . what happened to the feared strikers, what a joke these clowns are. Rafas gotta go.
Whiskey Nose Al - August 14th, 2008 at 12:44 pm
@ idiot fans @liverpool4ever was joking me thinks
Donavan Ried - August 15th, 2008 at 9:59 pm
Whiskey Nose Al:……Have to agree with idiot fans tonight Liverpool were dire…….idiot fans what you said the other night, about falling down the stair, was the funnies thing that i have heard in a long time. Can’t stop luaghing when i think about it……..Your alright.
Janindra - August 16th, 2008 at 4:29 am
we failed this season because of the two idiotic Hicks and Gilletts. now they started to play politics again. the two idiots donot want to splash much money but hope to win the title. I think these two guys are very disgusting. liverpool will never be successful if these narrow-minded are still at the club. Benitez can buy only second best players. They paid some 20m pounds for Keane but Man United will pay at least 25m pounds for Berbatov. This again shows that United beats liverpool off the pitch. The best striker for liverpool actually is David Villa but the two idiotic owners didnot give enough money to Benitez to buy so he opted for Keane. You have too many average players in your squad and even though they try their best, their best could not make liverpool win the trophies because their ability is limited. As a liverpool fan for more than 10 years, I am realistic that Liverpool will come third this season. The persons to blame again is of course the two idiots. I think DIC should take over the club as soon as possible.
Donavan Ried - August 16th, 2008 at 9:20 pm
If Rafa Wasn’t so insistant on a 30 man first team squad and just cut that to 20/22 men instead the club would have more money to spend… DIC is not the way… But i would love to see them here if only to be rid of Rafa and Parry…..The £20m spent on Keane could have been spent better elsewhere, a Left winger for instance.