Time to map out a plan for Villa's future
- Says blogger Matthew Turvey
Today’s transfer rumours – Jan 17
Thursday 17th January 2008, 8:26AM GMT.
Throughout the transfer window we will be bringing you the daily gossip doing the rounds on the deals involving our clubs.
WOLVES
INS: Wolves have joined the race for Saddlers left back Daniel Fox.
VILLA
INS: Jermaine Defoe is apparently in talks over a move to Villa.
OUTS: A trio of Premier League clubs are fighting for Gary Cahill.
Bolton are linked with a surprise move for Olof Mellberg.
Isaiah Osbourne is on his way to Leicester on loan.
PSV are chasing Villa’s dutch full back Wilfred Bouma.
DEFINITE: Defender Stephen O’Halloran goes on loan to Southampton.
BLUES
INS: Blues have landed David Murphy from Hibs.
James McFadden also looks like he is finally on his way to join Alex McLeish.
Darren Fletcher, however, has snubbed a move to St Andrew’s.
Matt Glennon, the Huddersfield goalkeeper who helped knock Blues out of the FA Cup, is a target.
OUTS: Blues have rejected approaches for striker Olivier Kapo.
ALBION
Nothing from The Hawthorns so far today.
SADDLERS
OUTS: Wolves are the latest club to inquire about Daniel Fox.
We are not saying they are true we are just saying they are out there. You have read ours now add your own rumours.
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this quiet time scares me!! i want a few more rumours even if they are complete rubbish! its the one month of the season where i can get excited about how the rest of our season will finish!
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if we need left back why hell we not get this o’hallaran of villa on loan
he looks good player yet we let him slip after being linked with him 3months!
even more suprised we didnt get him because he irish! all these “all quiet at molineux” starting to worry me, we wont sign anyone till the last week then make a rash decision like frankowski.
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it would b e to far fo him to drive
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1 and 2.
We wetren’t linked with our last two signings. So shouldn’t worry about that.
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The cheque book will be out u watch,Mogs and moxey play it cool as we know, Left back and centre half on the way inside tip!!!!
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When are we going to see some more new signings at the Molineux?
We need more like kites, keogh and hennessey, players who wear the shirt with pride and always give 100% for the team.
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I never quite believe the rumour mill but I do hope we get Danek in before the copy cats swoop for him.
I wonder if these Premier League scouts are assigned to scout our scouts??
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Heard were have just had a bid accepted for Walsall’s left back Daniel Fox on WM, if thats true he will sign for us. Colchester are the other club so why would he move all the the way there when they are worse than us? Wouldn’t make sense.
DANIEL FOX IS OUR THIRD SIGNING
Also to clear something up, some people think that thier go-karting adventure was in place of training. THEY WENT AFTER TRAINING INSTEAD OF GOING HOME AND PAYED WITH THIER OWN MONEY!!!
People were moaning about it. Well the next time you go to the pub after work with colleagues, I’ll moan you should be at work!
Some people, Jesus!
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4 – true, and wolves do usually keep deals quiet
but we got this new scout in summer who said we were going to get all these youngsters in on loan or buy them from prem
we got gibson so far and thats it. osbourne of villa would done well to replace seyi for the month.
why the hell did we not try sign shawcross of utd, if we got all this money offer them 500k more than stoke basically the kid is class
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wulf, are you mad mick in disguise?
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on the bbc wm website
Southampton sign Aston Villa left-back Stephen O’Halloran, 20, on an initial month’s loan.
so u aint gonna get him now wolves fans!
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The E&S rumour mill has not managed to predict a single one of our signings, I wouldn’t be too worried about the all quiet stuff. What I would be worried about is MM’s team selection. Why isn’t S Ward for sale?
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Agreee totally about the karting. Whnat do people think? They should train 24/7? Players from all clubs whether they are top of the Prem or bottom of League 2, have the right to a life in their spare time. What do you expect that when they’re not performing well they should not do anything but train? When yo’ve messed up at work, do you not go home, or pop out to try and enjoy your spare time?
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11.
Your joking, what a suprise. It doesn’t say that in this article and we didn’t already know. Good job you’re here to inform us.
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Comment 8 wulf:
Instead of wasting their wages on Go-Karting, they should put their hands in their pockets & stump up for a fleet of Coaches to take the fans to Scunthorpe FREE by way of an apology!
The only time the Glory hunters do anything for nothing is either Christmastime, when they go around the kiddy wards at the hospital giving the sick children pressies or parading a Cup on an open top bus tour!…..
I’ve just woken up & smelled the coffee, this is England & not Fantasy Island!
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Have we got the “FOX” from Walsall?
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Comment 11 we are going for Daniel Fox you numpty.
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16 – I’ve looked on all the web sites – football and radio, and can’t find any mention of it.
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15 and 19.
No they shouldn’t.
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kez you muppet it says it in the rumours above, hence why we said why didnt we get him, not we should now! one word for you MUPPETTTTTTTT
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So its go karting to help them relax, if our players get any more relaxed we’ll have to send the trainer on to wake them up. They should be training, especially the strikers, in front of goal. Words fail me.
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it made me laugh yesterday when wolves fans were pretending to be albion fans and posting comments like..mowbray out?? jealous i fink, dont u??? BOING BOING!! MOWBRAY=GENIUS
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22 Nathan:
I’ve got news for you.Not all Wolves fans are idiots.In Tony Mowbray AND Mark Venus, you have a management team that many, including the idiots yesterday saying Mowbray out, are envious of!
The results speak for themselves.Failure to win promotion last season, cost West Brom some of the “badge kissing brigade” who are not now considered worthy to wear the shirt & they are a better team without them.TM to his credit, went out & bought in superior replacements.
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MY MATES SON IS AVAILABLE
AARON GRIFFITHS IS BEING RELEASED BY ASTON VILLA
AND ALREADY BEEN ON TRIAL AT COVENTRY CITY WHY DONT WE GET HIM ON TRIAL
IAN DOWIE IS THINKING OF SIGNING HIM COME ON GET IN QUICK
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24 STOURPORT WOLF:
His he Irish?
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Walsall have no reason to sell foxy or any of our young up coming stars, if there is any ambition atthe club they should put them on good contracts and hold on to them and in return the young guns should stick with us and see how far they can take us. Come on you Saddlers !!!
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NO HES NOT HAHAHAHAHA
BUT I KNOW HES A GREAT PROSPECT
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1) Of course, big clubs make mistakes and, if Aaron Griffiths signs for us, I hope he’s a big success, but in principle if a player that young is not good enough for Villa he’s not good enough for us.
2) A few days ago the rumour was that if Fox signed for Colchester for £375,000 Wolves would try to sign Iwelumo for £900,000. So what now? Are we accepting second best?
3) Is there a connection between O’Halloran going to the Saints and Wolves going in for Fox? Did we get beaten by Southampton for O’Halloran’s signature?
4) This talk about McCarthy only signing Irish players is crap. So far in eighteen months McCarthy has signed sixteen players–only three were born in Ireland: Keogh, Ward and Elliott. Cut out this paranoic, racist hysteria! You’re a disgrace to Wolves!
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Well Well How The Tides Have Turned Look How Much superior West Brom Are To The Wolves, It must be cutting them up inside.Bring On The Prem!!
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MOZZAS THE BEST THING TO WALK THROUGH THEM ALBION DOORS IN YEARS HES SHOCK THE PLACE UP AND DOWN AND GOT RID OF THEM PRE MADDONAS LOL
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If Dingles want to offer £499,990.00 more than they sold the club for, I think Walsall should tell them what they should do with there cash. Saddlers will find a better offer from another club, you wait and see.
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Let Fox go, hurry it up, lets take the cash and get some experience into the young Super Saddlers side!
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Iwelumo plays for charlton not colchester.
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wolves are a third rate team playing boring football with fickle fans who expect to win the a rubbish team even though mick is a good enough manager to manage the equivalent of a sunday league team so you can pay a ridiculous ammount of money for overated fox WHO WILL NOT TURN YOUR SEASON AROUND. Thats right you fickle dingle fans
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