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Mark Hughes adds quality to his struggling Craven Cottage squad.
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Aston Villa midfielder would have been an expensive Molineux mistake.
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Avram Grant set to bring former Chelsea man to Upton Park.
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Five Players Emirates manager Arsene Wenger should not have waved goodbye to?
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New Villa Park boss Gerard Houllier could let Nigel Reo-Coker, Steve Sidwell and John Carew leave on free transfers.
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Young side selected by caretaker manager.
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Could Villa lose another big name this summer?
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Tagged Under: ashley young, Aston Villa FC, Chelsea FC, Gareth Barry, Glen Johnson, martin o'neill, shaun wright-phillips, Steve Sidwell
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Sky Sports News has unmasked the “mystery club” that is ready to queue-jump and bag Chelsea’s Steve Sidwell from under the nose of Aston Villa, who have faithfully been waiting in line for weeks now. [Read the rest of this entry »]
Tagged Under: Aston Villa FC, Chelsea FC, kevin keegan, newcastle united, Premier League, Stamford Bridge, Steve Sidwell, toon, Transfer Rumours
The latest word on the street is that Aston Villa are going to dig their heels in over Gareth Barry, but if he does eventually leave for Anfield, Martin O’Neill will have drowned his sorrows by bagging this ex-Arsenal man. [Read the rest of this entry »]
Tagged Under: Arsenal FC, Aston Villa FC, Chelsea FC, Gareth Barry, Liverpool FC, Reading FC, Steve Sidwell
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Aston Villa are on the verge of taking in poor Chelsea reject Steve Sidwell. Having proved all the doubters right, sitting on the Stamford Bridge bench all season, the ginger dynamo is finally making moves towards trying to be a footballer once again, a la Scott Parker. [Read the rest of this entry »]
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The Daily Telegraph report that Villa boss Martin O’Neill is in advanced talks with Chelsea’s Steve Sidwell and has used his Ulster charm to convince the ginger midfielder to take a hefty pay cut. All this will do though is increase the bellows of the rumour mongers who claim that Gareth Barry is Anfield bound. O’Neill doesn’t see it that way though, saying that he is determined to show Barry that it is in his best interests to stay with Villa:
“What I would say to the fans is that we’re doing our utmost and we’ll continue to do so. We want to show Gareth that we mean business,” (Daily Telegraph)
Will the arrival of Chelsea’s ginger benchwarmer at Villa Park be enough to convince Gareth Barry to stay?
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It’s not always easy for a club manager to praise one of his former players, especially when that player is about to face his team. Yet Reading’s Steve Coppell turns out to be different.
Goal.com quotes the Royals manager as saying that although Steve Sidwell didn’t manage to carve out a first-team place for him at Chelsea, he is now coming to the fore. Coppell praises the one-time Arsenal youngster in lofty terms, saying:
”His time at Chelsea has been more or less what he predicted. He knew it would be a struggle to get into the team but during the African Nations Cup he would have more of a chance and that’s the way it has transpired. I went to watch the game at Wigan and thought he was terrific. He is feeling more comfortable on the stage and will show more and more what he is capable of. It was a move (the move from Reading to Chelsea in the summer) he couldn’t turn down. You can look back in years to come and say ‘I should have done this, that and the other’ but if any of the elite four come in for one of your players then you are in trouble because it is irresistible for a player.
”It was the same with Siddy, who was honourable in all his dealings with us. He told me more than a year in advance what he was going to do and stuck to his guns. It would have been easy for him to bail out and not risk his future by going into tackles but he didn’t and every Reading fan appreciated his contribution. He worked hard and was 100% committed.”
Reading travel to Chelsea on Wednesday in a Premier League match. This season Reading are not flying high in the league as they did last time around but they are still holding on. However, Coppell’s modest side haven’t won an away game this season and beating the Blues at Stamford Bridge would be miles away from being easy since Avram Grant’s team haven’t lost at home in 74 matches. Sidwell is likely to feature in the match – and on form, he should be on the winning side.
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