Villa to Rejuvenate Jenas Interest

January 26, 2011 by · 1 Comment
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Tottenham midfielder has once again been linked with a move to Villa Park in what seems to be a highly recycled rumour from the Martin O’Neill era. The England international has struggled to hold down a starting place at Spurs for a number of seasons now and has seen his chances limited further by arrivals of the likes of van der Vaart and Pienaar this season. The former Nottingham Forest and Newcastle man was bought by Tottenham in 2005 for £7m and has played 21 times for his country, scoring 1 goal, the first under Fabio Capello’s reign. However it is believed that Jenas is getting increasingly frustrated at a lack of first team opportunities and joins the likes of Niko Kranjcar and Wilson Palacios on the fringes of the London club’s starting line-up. Add to this the previous signings stated along with Luka Modric and Tom Huddlestone and the club have 7 centre midfielder’s vying for 2 or 3 positions. It has been suggested that Redknapp will want to recoup all of the £7m spent 5 years ago which I would say is overpriced with rumours also circulating around a move for as much as £10m. He has started 9 of his 12 Premier League appearances this term but is yet to score or assist this campaign. In his entire time at Tottenham he has played 183 games in all competitions, scoring 23 goals at a rate of 1 every 627 minutes (7 matches). One player that is not going to make the switch from Spurs to Villa is Crouch who Redknapp confirmed was not for sale. So Villa are seemingly interested in another centre midfielder. After buying Makoun do we really need another and if so is Jenas of the calibre that you think could improve the side?

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Houllier Keen on Crouch Comeback

January 23, 2011 by · 10 Comments
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Gerard Houllier is apparently launching a second surprise striker bid in a week after lining up a return to Villa Park for Peter Crouch. The England forward spent 2 tough seasons at the club at the beginning of his career and struggled to make his mark on the side before signing for Southampton, after which he secured a dream move to Liverpool. Now 29, Crouch has dipped in form in the league this year having scored just 1 goal in 23 games though he has picked up 8 assists in 13 starts. His form in Europe has been far better however, having scored 6 goals in 7 including a hat-trick in the Champions League qualifying round against Young Boys. A partnership with Darren Bent could be invaluable to a team in Villa’s position although what Crouch can do that Heskey can’t is minimal in my opinion and the £10m price tag seems over the top after forking out crazy amounts on Bent. In 26 league games for Villa he scored 5 goals and has never really been prolific with the 12 goals scored at Southampton, representing his highest league tally but seemingly he would be bought for his knock downs and not his goals. He is however, one of a rare bunch to be far more prolific at international level having scored 21 goals in 41 goals, a fantastic record.

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