But the big Villa transfer rumour around is…
Steven Defour.
Yes, I’m afraid that the Villa news is so limited that I needed to stretch a transfer rumours story over 2 days! Well, that is unless I wanted to tell you that Agbon has withdrawn from the U21s through injury but I’m sure you all already heard that yarn.
So who in the name of Jebus is Steven Defour?
Well, he currently plays for Standard Liege and is an attacking central midfielder. You can see where I’m going here can’t you? Yes, that’s right, he is being so closely linked with Villa as he is looking to be one of the most apt and able replacements for the long-serving but very-probably-soon-to-be-leaving Gareth Barry. Defour even has many a quality that Barry is lacking in, such as his goalscoring prowess. Maybe that’s not fair, because Barry, when happy at Villa and pre-falling-madly-in-love-with-Gerrard, was very capable of both scoring plenty and creating plenty of goals, but of late he has fallen from the golden boot rankings.
Anyway, Defour is a strong presence in the middle of the park and could possibly fit in with our style even better than Ole Bazza. I can see him and Ashley Young forging a partnership. It will take anyone time to be what Barry has become though, so don’t be too quick to judge.
Will it happen?
There’s no real reason to say it won’t, particularly when the player has already been speaking to the press about Villa, sort of pre-empting the speculation, but there is going to be a rumour about every-man-and-his-dog-who-can-play-central-midfield, so this one definitely stands out from the crowd as a possible (and pleasurable) reality.
[Apologies to all the regular readers who logged on today to find nothing. I've had such a hectic day, what with my real job being crazy and cleaning up piles of cat crap (don't ask!), that it's taken me till now to get this finished and spell checked, so sorry if it's now old news]
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