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Hold on. Have I missed something? Has someone made a bid?

And just compare the two of them now......

He's starting tonight vs Ibra. Could £2m off any fee which he would command.

Clark does!

Oh that's a training pole...... thought it was Gestede!

Thank god! Somebody finally gets it!

Would you have said this last year prior to Jack remembering that he is actually English?

We should make sure this is in every thread just in case people miss it. It's guaranteed to cheer everyone up too in the case of them having a bad day!

I can not and will not believe this! It's madness to suggest that a manager of Aston Villa knows what he is doing.

The paper it was signed on is only fit for toilet paper as with all football contracts. Just palace ensuring they get a fee for him.

But what does Di Matteo have to do to make sure that Villa don't follow the example of former Premier League clubs Charlton Athletic and Bolton Wanderers - both of whom will be plying their trade in League One next season? Simple: clear out the foreign under-performers and focus on nurturing the top quality talent at the club. People may argue that you need experience to navigate the choppy waters of the Championship, but that is not really an option for Aston Villa in their current state. From Jores Okore's refusal to play, to Gabby Agbonlahor's clubbing antics, to Joleon Lescott's wildly inappropriate relegation comments - the big names at the club have proven themselves unworthy both on and off the field. Injury-hit left-back Jordan Amavi has been linked with Liverpool in the last week (as well as AC Milan, Lyon and Nice), and fans will be hoping that this is the start of a major clear out of foreign stars who just haven't cut the mustard at Villa Park this season. Stumbled on this today. Has anybody got any idea who this joker is? http://tonyruik.com/a-return-to-youth-for-roberto-di-matteo-could-seal-aston-villas-premier-league-return/ I agree with giving youth a chance but just have a read. It'll make you chuckle!!

I should hope that the club's safe has a more secure code than three digits

The Irish journalists are saying that another week training and he probably would have made the squad for the Euro's. Probably would have been worth shot anyway given that McGeady is probably our 'flair player'!

Their corpses are probably more use than what we've seen throughout the season just gone.

March 2018. Then we can give our some of our U-21's a run out in order to give them some experience for the rest of the season....... And give Lescott and Richards their first appearance in two years on return from gardening leave!

Just took the quiz on the independent.ie webiste about Ireland at major tournaments and failed miserably.... However, I did learn that Villa have provided the most players to Ireland squads for major tournaments!!

They will be in two years after we've set a new record for overall points in the Chamionship and secured the PL title by March 2018. Then we will be looking to see if he can repeat his Champions League heroics!!

I agree. He was usually the only creative player on the pitch for us. Therefore all the opposition had to do was close down Gil's space and muscle him off the ball as the rest of our players didn't pose enough creative threat. One other creative player (Grealish vs Leicester) and he found more space and thus became more effective. IMO

This. Exactly this! Why there are agents I will never understand!

He would bust a gut though. Problem is that he would probably do it very easily!!

How will people on here deal with the notoriously difficult Clark/Clarke spelling now? We won't know who anyone will be referring to....... Ciaran? Steve? Emilia? It'll be madness!!!!

Maybe they just googled Sheikh Mansour and saw within a few minutes that he was worth whatever amount of billions and just said "yep this Sheikh fella is fine" Maybe Tony's privacy is slowing the process down a bit?

Still prone to the odd howler. He can stop the ball though which is an improvement on Guzan!

Upfront maybe..... but not as keeper!

I'd give the job to Keane and give him free rein to clear out the deadwood. Just because I want to see what happens when Gabby tries to take the piss when Roy has no one to hold him back!!