stmichael wrote:Priceless from the Daily Mail:
Aston Villa are ready to rival Liverpool in a bid for Preston defender Sean St Ledger.
Villa scouts have watched the Republic of Ireland international regularly while Liverpool assistant boss Sammy Lee has also run the rule over the 25-year-old.
St Ledger has recaptured his form and fitness after a difficult past 18 months where he saw a move to Middlesbrough collapse and tentative inquiries from Celtic come to nothing.
However, Preston are struggling to shed their debts and will be willing to listen to offers in January with an asking price of around £4million.
Villa manager Gerard Houllier knows he has an advantage over his former club Liverpool as St Ledger is a Villa fan and has partnered Richard Dunne at international level.
Houllier said: 'If we spot a good international player who can add something, we'll take him. We will have one or two coming in January.'
Fantastic news... if we can have him and Carlton Cole in the January window I'll be made up
i actually did type Signori but replaced him with Salas. that was the golden era of the Serie A. since then its gone downhill i feel. one of my fave players was Marco Simone.
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