Looks like Gareth Barry will head to Manchester City after they paid Aston Villa £12m and have given Barry a weekly salary of £100,000. Damn! Note to other teams…want to close a deal? Offer players absolutely ree-dic-u-lous pay packages and see how quickly the deal gets done. Bingo bango..done deal! Damn, dude really came up on this on. Barry had mentioned his desire to play in the Champions League as a key reason he wanted to leave Villa, but with City finishing 12 points behind Villa, what’s the real motivation for the move?

In my mind I like to imagine the conversation Barry had with his agent went something like this…