Gareth Barry TRANSFER is On * / Off * - *Delete where appropriate
Posted: Fri May 02, 2008 1:36 pmNow that our season is done, (well, 2 meaningless league games withstanding), everybody's attention has been turned toward the new season, including Rafa's. Apprently, less than 24 hours after being knocked out of the champs league, he has already tabled a 10mil bid for barry.
The best medicine after losing a big game is to look forward to the next (game / season)and what can bring more joy than all the transfer speculations / players linked / etc etc for the next few months when we get over the withdrawal period in the summer.
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Liverpool open bidding for £10m Barry
Liverpool are understood to have launched their bid to sign Aston Villa captain Gareth Barry by tabling an initial £10million offer.
The Reds are believed to have formally contacted Villa yesterday with their bid for the England midfielder.
There has been speculation for the past fortnight that 27-year-old Barry has emerged as one of Rafael Benitez's major summer transfer tasrgets.
It remains to be seen whether Villa manager Martin O'Neill will accept the bid for Barry who has two years to run of his current contract.
But Benitez wants Barry to form a partnership with his England colleague and close friend Steven Gerrard.
Barry, who celebrates the 10th anniversary of making his Villa debut next week, has made no secret of his desire to play Champions League football.
He is on more than £40,000 a week at Villa and could come close to doubling that if he moved to Anfield or Chelsea who have also been linked with the player.
But it the desire to win trophies that is uppermost in Barry's mind at this stage of his career.
The former Brighton trainee has already expressed a desire to hold talks with Villa manager Martin O'Neill to assess what his transfer plans are for the 2008-2009 campaign.
Villa are challenging strongly for a UEFA Cup spot but Barry wants to see whether Villa are in a position to move to the next level.
O'Neill pulled off a masterstroke in persuading Barry to sign a new four-year deal when he took charge of Villa in the summer of 2006.
But he may find it harder to persuade Barry to sign a new contract and to convince him to stay with the midlands club.
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Source : http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=530957&cc=3436
Source is pretty reliable and if ppl ask why this isnt reported in the official site, its because they dont usually announce such things until the player actually signs anyway.
So, gareth barry, the first player we have officially put in a bid for . Where the hell u guys think rafa will be deploying him. Does this mean the end of Alonso?
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edit : just saw a similar post about barry's bid in the alonso thread, mods, u can either delete this one or do some merging and make a transfer season thread, or simply bump up the old one. Leave it in your hands.
The best medicine after losing a big game is to look forward to the next (game / season)and what can bring more joy than all the transfer speculations / players linked / etc etc for the next few months when we get over the withdrawal period in the summer.
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Liverpool open bidding for £10m Barry
Liverpool are understood to have launched their bid to sign Aston Villa captain Gareth Barry by tabling an initial £10million offer.
The Reds are believed to have formally contacted Villa yesterday with their bid for the England midfielder.
There has been speculation for the past fortnight that 27-year-old Barry has emerged as one of Rafael Benitez's major summer transfer tasrgets.
It remains to be seen whether Villa manager Martin O'Neill will accept the bid for Barry who has two years to run of his current contract.
But Benitez wants Barry to form a partnership with his England colleague and close friend Steven Gerrard.
Barry, who celebrates the 10th anniversary of making his Villa debut next week, has made no secret of his desire to play Champions League football.
He is on more than £40,000 a week at Villa and could come close to doubling that if he moved to Anfield or Chelsea who have also been linked with the player.
But it the desire to win trophies that is uppermost in Barry's mind at this stage of his career.
The former Brighton trainee has already expressed a desire to hold talks with Villa manager Martin O'Neill to assess what his transfer plans are for the 2008-2009 campaign.
Villa are challenging strongly for a UEFA Cup spot but Barry wants to see whether Villa are in a position to move to the next level.
O'Neill pulled off a masterstroke in persuading Barry to sign a new four-year deal when he took charge of Villa in the summer of 2006.
But he may find it harder to persuade Barry to sign a new contract and to convince him to stay with the midlands club.
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Source : http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=530957&cc=3436
Source is pretty reliable and if ppl ask why this isnt reported in the official site, its because they dont usually announce such things until the player actually signs anyway.
So, gareth barry, the first player we have officially put in a bid for . Where the hell u guys think rafa will be deploying him. Does this mean the end of Alonso?
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edit : just saw a similar post about barry's bid in the alonso thread, mods, u can either delete this one or do some merging and make a transfer season thread, or simply bump up the old one. Leave it in your hands.
