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Gareth Barry poised for Liverpool switch

The most talked about deal in football at the moment is Aston Villa and England midfielder, Gareth Barry’s, proposed move to Liverpool. Liverpool want him, they’ve offered a cash plus player deal (involving Steve Finnan) but Villa want more.

That’s about the size of it.

Villa have now made it clear to Liverpool what they want for the player, which they have sent to the Reds in a letter. Villa are asking for £17 million plus Steve Finnan, and they want the full amount paid within 12 months.
Villa boss Martin O’Neill stated:

Liverpool have come back to us and we have responded to their proposal with a letter. We’re still waiting to hear back.

It’s really up to Liverpool. I really don’t know how it’s going to work out at the moment. I’m sure there will be some sort of resolution at some stage or another.

Liverpool placed a value of £2 million on Steve Finnan, but Villa believe the Irishman is worth just half that amount because of his age, and that’s he in the final year of his Liverpool contract.

Derby 0 - 6 Aston Villa

Already relegated Derby were on the end of a tonking once again with Villa putting 6 past them with 6 different scorers.

The first of the afternoon same came from a free kick from Ashley Young, Roy Carroll tried to catch the ball but missed, a poor start to a bad afternoon. John Carew drilled in a second from the edge of the area, Derby failing to clear the ball.

The third of the game was the pick, Roy Carroll poor clearance found Stiliyan Petrov, he lobbed Carroll from all of thirty yards.

3-0 at the break but Villa continued in the second half. Garth Barry slotting in from a rebound, the fifth from Gabriel Agbonlahor slotted in from a flick on. The final goal of the match came from sub Marlon Harewood slotting from a Berger through ball.

Derby - pathetic, their fans will be looking forward to next season, Villa go marching on with 10 goals in two games.

Portsmounth 2 - 0 Aston Villa

David James was once again in good form saving form Maloney early on. Jermaine Defoe grabbed his sixth goal in as many games, a long ball from Johnson found Defoe who lobbed Carson who was in no-mans land. James then continued his form saving a Young free kick. The second one was a brilliant own goal, Carson cleared a ball as Defoe ran through on goal, but his clearance smashed against Reo-Coker and back into the empty net, classic.

In the second half Agbonlahor missed a sitter from a Maloney cross. James then saved another Young save, this time low to his left. Late on Muntari received his second yellow card of the match as the home side ended the game with 10 men, then Mellberg received a second yellow card a minute before time.

United one point behind as Bendtner salvages a point for Arsenal

Manchester United were 30 seconds from regaining top spot in the Premiership this afternoon but a late Nicklas Bendtner goal salvaged a point for a lack luster Arsenal against Aston Villa.

Alex Fergerson in his post match interview had a pop at the Gunners quoting their ‘usual 7 minutes of extra time’, but this morning he won’t be too disappointed as he got team selection spot on as his side strolled past an all but relegated Fulham 3-0 at Craven Cottage.

Ronaldo, Rooney and Anderson were all rested ahead of the mid-week Champions league game against Lyon. Owen Hardgreaves started the scoring grabbing his first Untied goal with a 20 yard free kick, Ji-Sung Park headed in for a second before the break. A John O’Shae cross was deflected in by Simon Davies to make it 3-0 in the second half, Rooney and Ronaldo then were introduced so they could stretch their legs.

Meanwhile across London Aston Villa took the lead in the first half against Arsenal a Gabriel Agbonlahor cross was deflected past his own keeper by Senderos. Villa had chances to double their lead and even hit the bar. The home side looked hung over from the events of last week but rose to the occasion Adebayor nodding down a Cliche cross for Bendtner to fire in.

All this means is that Arsenal are one point clear putting the title race back into the hand of Untied and have no wins in the last 4 games, league and Cup.

Premiership Round Up

Another great Premiership Saturday, it was good to get back to watching football after the weeks major news of the announcement of the possibility of a 39th game to be played overseas. With the top 3 not playing the concentration was on the battle for 4th place and the battle of the bottom.

Aston Villa 4 - 1 Newcastle

Kevin Keegan is still without a win in his second spell at Newcastle. Micheal Owen had given the away side the lead in the first half. The second half with a few chances Villa came out on top, a deflected Bouma shot, two Carew headers and a Carew penalty sealed the match. Carew was awesome and fully deserves his hattrik

Everton 1 - 0 Reading

Yakubu was left out after coming back late from the African cup of Nations. The first half of the match was pretty quiet at Goodison Park. The addition of James Vaughan at half time helped, and Everton took the lead when a second ball from a corner found Phil Jageilka who looped in a header at the far post. That defeat for Reading and other results meant that the Royals moved into the bottom three for the first time this season.

Sunderland 2 - 0 Wigan

Sunderland recorded their fourth straight home win, and over fellow relegation rivals meant they moved out of the bottom three. Dickson Etuhu back from the African Cup of Nations grabbed a goal just before half time heading in from a free-kick. The Black Cats doubled the lead in the second half, this was after Wigan hit the woodwork twice, a cracking ball from Andy Reid found Daryl Murphy who thumped in a shot of the underside of the bar form all of 25 yards.

Middlesborough 1 - 0 Fulham

Afonso Alves who signed last week for £12 million started the game on the bench, it was another stirker who grabbed the only goal of the game in the frist half, Jeremie Aliadiere slotting in after breaking the offside trap. Alves came on the second half but was unable to make an impact.

Bolton 0 - 1 Portsmouth

The first half saw former Pompy player Matt Taylor miss a sitter, an open goal from all of 3 yards. The only goal came late in the game for the away side Lassana Diarra with his first goal in the Premiership. He did look offside which compounded the misery for the home side who had been the better side and had been denied by an inform David James on numerous occasions, no doubt that James is England’s number 1.

Derby 0 - 3 Tottenham

Well the Rams managed to hang on till the second half but then Spurs class shone. Robbie Keane tabbed in after Roy Carroll saved from Malbranque. The second from Kaboul when Derby couldn’t clear from a corner. The third form the spot for Berbatov after Stubbs handballed.

West Ham 1 - 1 Birmingham

James McFadden grabbed his first goal for Birmingham again West Ham, the Scot equalized from the spot after he was brought down in the box by Lucas Niell. West Ham had taken the lead in the first half, a long throw was flicked on by Cole and Ljungberg stole in at the far post to tap smash in the opener. Lee Bowyer decide to get himself sent off for a lunge on Johnson, bit of a shocker from Mr Battenburg.

Two games tomorrow complete the weekends football, and you don’t better than Liverpool Chelsea and the Manchester derby.

Barclays Premier League
Chelsea v Liverpool, 16:00
Man Utd v Man City, 13:30

winningiseverything Premiership round-up

The results are in for the weekends matches, the Premiership finished with for another week.

The big winners this weekend were those at the wrong end of the table really. Fulham, Wigan and Bolton all won their respective games against Villa (2-1), West Ham (1-0) and Reading (2-0) to leave Derby further adrift at the bottom and some worried faces at clubs such as Reading (who are in free-fall), Sunderland and Birmingham.

Arguably anyone up to Tottenham are still in the relegation fight, but with Spurs having an upturn in fortunes and a scoring record the envy of many European contenders they will be fine. After their perhaps surprising 1-1 draw with champions Manchester United they will be looking to move onward and upward toward top-half status.

Newcastle and Middlesbrough played out a dull 1-1 draw as did Derby and Birmingham.

Jermain Defoe will be pleased with his weekends work, as he scored on his debut for Portsmouth against Chelsea to push the London club further behind the leaders.

Speaking of which, Arsenal maintained their excellent form this season with a 3-1 win at Manchester City, with two goals form the superb Adebayor. Wenger just seems to have a knack of selling players when he sees that they are holding up the progression of others. He did it with Viera to allow Fabregas to progress and now he has done it this season, letting Henry go to give Adebayor room to shine. As for Manchester City, they suffered their first home defeat this season and will be hoping that the Benjani deal goes through so that they have a striker that can actually score.

European contenders Blackburn and Everton played out a 0-0 draw at Ewood, but the Toffees will be disappointed that Andy Johnson’s goal in the second half was ruled out by the officials.

Finally, Liverpool recaptured some form as they beat Sunderland 3-0 at home. With their game in hand they may now feel a little more confident for that fourth spot.

Bolton spend money !?!

Bolton have signed Aston Villa defender Gary Cahill for an undisclosed fee.

The Trotters beat Birmingham to the signature of the 22-year-old, who has penned a three-and-a-half year deal at The Reebok.

“winning is everything” cannot remember the last time Bolton spent money.

Villa doing deals

“winning is everything” understands Aston Villa have had a bid accepted by Tottenham for Kevin-Prince Boateng and are also testing the medical prowess of Wayne Routledge before his protracted move.The Prince only joined Spurs last summer from German also-rans Hertha Berlin and has looked a decent player when he has been given a chance, but with him being a Jol signing, Ramos may not be a fan.

Villa boss Martin O’Neill likes the look of Boateng and has offered him opportunities at Villa Park.

Boateng now needs a medical and personal terms agreement, and he could simply ask club-mate Routledge what will happen because he is apparently doing the same thing at this very moment. Routledge is looking to kick-start his career after limited opportunities at the London club.

This is the first inward movement from the club, with Olaf Mellberg, the bearded-wonder, agreeing to leave earlier this week for Juventus, at the end of the season.

Anton Ferdinarnd and Nigel Reo-Coker are soulja boys

After the Micah Richards is a soulja boy video it has come to the attention of Winning is everything that West Ham defender Anton Ferdinarnd and former Hammer now Villa midfielder Nigel Reo-Coker are also soulja boys.

What a bunch of plebs.

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