23 Jun 2013 16:08:31
Apparently gareth barry has been told he can leave Manchester city and his preferred destination if he is forced to leave is aston villa for a fee of around 4 million, we are also monitoring Elliot Bennett because of his contract situation at Norwich and grant holt could also be a possible incoming because he wants to leave and might hook up with lambert again
Would love Barry to come back!
Why would we sign Holt? We have Benteke, Weimann and Helenius not to mention Gabby who will play as an out an out striker if needed.
Can't see us signing anymore strikers.
Love to see Barry back, the guy is a legend. VTID
Ive heard from a source in germany that pl is sizing up a 5/6 mill bid for bremen creative midfielder elia if he is willing to work on his attitude problem
We don't need or want Barry back, and Holt is a no go he wouldn't fit in at villa, he's too old, fat and lazy reminds me of Milosovic but not as good
Why is everyone hating on Barry
You've obviously never seen Holt play he is far from lazy!
Villa don't need nor want Grant Holt
Barry would not cost 4 mil
he's 32 with one year left on his contract.
He has 1/2 years maybe 3 at a push playing at the top level.
Plus I think with the clubs ethos of not paying high wages means Barry would go IF he actually leaves City to a club with a higher wage bracket.
Don't want Barry back, he had his chance and forced a move away for money just as we were building a strong side so stuff him!
Barry left to win trophy's! Which is exactly what he did! The money was just a bonus! Some fans suck Milner's balls an slam Barry, why? Absolute fools. Barry 12 years loyalty to villa.
Barry left, GET OVER IT!
>Scg87
Opinions divided on gareth barry. I have to agree with the bitter folk on this one I don't like him at all after the way in which he forced a move away because he's a money grabbing person also he would never get in our side now was loving his nightmare performances last season. milner on the other hand didn't really force a move away did he?and he did more in 3 years than what barry did in 12 so suck on that u barry loving fools
Milner = quality
barry = laughable
Where do people get their information from, Bennett and Norwich do not have a situation to sort and Holt is not looking to move either, and to call him fat and Lazy is a comment you would expect to hear from a child, are all Villa fans Children, You people want to worry more about Spurs coming in and Taking Benteke off your books
Barry is a club legend. Anyone who thinks he was wrong to leave is stupid. He wanted to win stuff, he couldn't with us he did with city. But in all fairness he wouldn't get in our starting 11 because the younger lads will need game time. By the way if you're a fan that respects Holman and not Barry you need your brain scanned
Gareth Barry I would see as a signing, mainly for the purpose of filling that experience void in the squad, as well as a pivotal figure in the development of players such as Westwood, Sylla, Delph, Gardener etc.
Would be a good signing.
Utter nonsense. Gareth Barry is one of the better footballing options either Villa or England have had in a long time. The clue is in the word - footballer - why else do you think that footballing appreciating Italians such as Fabio Capello and Roberto Mancini feted him? Any dunderhead who can't see past that and bleat on about 'why so-an-so left the Villa'. you should be ashamed of yourselves any team worth its salt would welcome someone with ability, class and oh, yeah, experience.
Gotta agree as much as I (and the missus, shes has a majr crush on him) would love to see barry in a kit again I think its a step in wrong direction but wouldn't mind milner
Barry was the first who
Left for bigger things and waited 12 monthsnfrom when hensiwanted go out of loyalty where as Milner downing and Young decided they wanted to and went Barry was a loyal player for 12 years we should have a bit more gratitude given the game is full of mercenaries now
To the fickle villa fans slamming Barry name another player who gave us 12 years of loyalty at the most we have Gaby who's been at villa since 15 attack 26 would anyone slate him if he left no cause true loyalty and love for a club are hard to come by
Milner did more for Villa in 3 years then Barry did in 12?
Clearly from a 'fan' who has not spent much time at VP over the last 10 years.
As a 27 year old season ticket holder for 10 years, I can safely say barry is the greatest Villa player in my lifetime. He was a massive part of our relative success under MON. He left to join a club who were willing to pay him more then Villa would and to battle for trophies. Having won the FA Cup, Prem and played in the Champions League I would suggest him leaving for better things in justified.
How you can slate someone who played for us for such a long time is ridiculous and childish
Would absolutely love to have Barry back. They guy is a villa legend. Ok he left. After 12 long years of service he had a chance to win medals so left. , and now he has an FA Cup winners medal not to mention the premier league winners medal. He could have gone Liverpool the yr before but gave us one more year to try and get us in champions league. Not only that I went down to the Petrov Charity match at Halesowen FC and the guy was still hanging around an hr after it finished signing autographs and having pics taken with every fan who waned one. He is villa trhough and through and we would be lucky to have him back.
Not toention he is a quality midfield player
Barry actually said he would only leave Villa for a club playing champions league football and then up and left for city. I would have had no problem if he had stayed true to his word but left for city for the money. Yes he did finally achieve champions league football a season later but for all he knew city may never have achieved anything at the time it was a lot of ifs and buts. Fair play to him he got his wish and won silverware but for me he is well past his best and looked it last season so wouldn't like to see him wearing the claret and blue again.
For people slating Barry you need to get a reality check!
Would you honestly refuse a job which offers two or three times what you earn at the moment?
In regards to Champions League debacle any betting man would have bet that Man City would achieve CL within 12 months looking at the squad.
If not worst case scenario Man City had a lot better chance of getting CL and winning titles or cups than AV
Most ManC fans say Barry was one of only a handful of players who did them justice last season, so anyone that says he he wasn't anygood for them doesn't have a clue. When Barry went to city everyone new city would be competing for the league an playing CL footy within 12 months, it wasn't a secret that they had the money to invest in top quality players, that's why Barry went there, he like everyone else knew they'd be competing for every trophy going.
I'd pick Barry ahead of Deplh an Sylla every day of the week, his reading of the game is second to none, his passing and experience would help us to no end.
There are some so called 'fans' who talk of players (Barry) having no loyalty, I wonder if them same 'fans' were the same who wanted to sell Gabby in January. You want players to be loyal but you have no loyalty of your own! Hypocrites!
>Scg87
Thinking back I liked the way Liverpool attempted to twist our arm and bully us into the Barry sale - would not pay 10m attempted to run his contract down and then he stayed and joined city for 12m. He did us no harm and some great service