Official on the Twitter account.
Stange move for him - though he seems to have a moron for an agent. Refusing to play last year should have been the end. That performance against Luton was.
He came, he watched, he went home.
I hope he has a good season so we can ask for a higher fee for him but to be honest some of the stuff floating around about his attitude - missed Medicals and the like - makes me think otherwise.
We have to have the most transparent club owner in the country at the moment.
And yet he still manages to tease us about bringing players in!
Seriously though, it's nice to get that excitement back - the signing of McCormack was genius - not only because of his quality but it was a very good statement to show us his intentions and that he meant business. The signings that have followed have reinforced that.
You've gotta give it to him - he's trolled Villa fans on Twitter brilliantly.
In one way I'm disappointed - I hoped for a creative player to come in. In another way I think Morrison is exactly the sort of personality we've been trying to get out of the club (this is based on very limited knowledge of him though).
It wouldn't surprise me is Yedelin is the right back we've targeted. There is obviously a lot of joined up thinking going on at Villa at the moment - and whilst I'm sure RDM had targeted Jedinak as mentioned - bringing in an Australian when we are looking to expand out that way surely ticks everyone's boxes. USA has been mentioned as somewhere else we may be expanding into - so bringing in an American will help with that.
Not the number one thing we should be looking at when bringing in players, but it helps....
I think to be honest it may be a case of mis-translation. Lescott wants to stay in Manchester with his family according to Warburton - which are personal reasons. Xia said it was personal too. Storm in a teacup whatever