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?

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Former Aston Villa Captain and Danish International Martin Laursen has been forced to walk away from the game after admitting that his latest December knee injury suffered at West Ham proved too difficult to overcome.

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Tom Hanks talks to Jonathan Ross, revealing his love of Aston Villa.

Martin O’Neill’s men have gained automatic qualification for Europe next season after Norwegian International John Carew scored the only goal of the match in the first half against Hull at Villa Park.

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It’s taken about three months for the investigation, but police in Birmingham have arrested a 43 year old “fan” suspected of throwing a 50 pence piece that hit a linesman in the head.

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According to The Mirror, Martin O’Neill is trying to get himself a piece of Darren Bent. With Villa challenging for a Champions League berth, it looks like O’Neill is trying to fortify his attack. I have a feeling the January transfer window is going to be a fun one. Mark my words…

Aston Villa’s Brad Fridel has broken the English Premier League record for consecutive EPL starts that dated back to August 2004.

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Aston Villa head coach Martin O’Neill is not happy about the upcoming National Team friendlies and he’s not afraid to let everyone know about it.

Frustrated at the possible outlook of having both Gabby Agbonlahor and Ashley Young called into the England fold for an “experimental squad” against Germany in Berlin, O’Neill opened up to the press.

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