Davies surprised by Dunne coup

Tue, 01 Sep 16:30:40 2009

Injured Aston Villa defender Curtis Davies admits he is "surprised" Manchester City are prepared to allow skipper Richard Dunne to leave Eastlands.

Dunne is expected to complete his £6million move to Villa on Tuesday providing he can agree a financial settlement with City where he has three years remaining of his contract.

Davies, who will see a specialist this week to determine whether he will require surgery, said: "I am surprised that City are edging him (Dunne) out of the door."

He added: "As much as they have made signings, Stephen Ireland has been one of their best players but, after him, Richard Dunne has to be up there.

"He has been a stalwart. He has played with a lot of different centre-halfs but he has always looked good. It is strange they are looking to let him go - but he would be a good addition here.

"There loss would be our gain because his experience is untold - but has still got enough in the tank to play for a few more years.

"He is an old style centre-half in being very solid and very strong.

"He is a decent reader of the game and wins a lot of headers but, at the same time, when the ball is at his feet, he can still pass it.

"He is a good footballer and his quality would add to our squad."

 

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  1. City regret selling Dunne?
    Best player last season­ after Ireland?
    Ae you for real?
    Dunne scored more goals­ than any defender in the league...in his own­ net!!!!
    OUT WITH THE OLD IN WITH THE NEW!

    From ema_lou_x, on Wed 2 Sep 8:38PM

  2. city Will regret selling dunne lescott a waste of­ money watched lescott on sunday he is aload of ---- ­ never got stuck in once and played out of postion
    good­ luck richard you will be missed

    From ann d, on Tue 1 Sep 11:05PM

  3. Thanks for your service Dunne but you you are not quite­ what City need now. Hope you score own goals for Villa­ and become the number 1 own goal scorer. Good luck!

    From feedthephil, on Tue 1 Sep 9:32PM

  4. Great shame we're letting him go, he had a poor­ season last year but that was 'cos our defence were­ always under pressure, but he's been one of the few­ consistently strong players in the side - I'd say­ he's probably one of the few genuine City players­ in the team ie not there for the cash!
    Still, our loss­ your gain. I certainly wont boo him when he returns in­ claret/blue.

    From p.keane, on Tue 1 Sep 7:39PM

  5. WE ARE ON A ROLL NOW...I ADMIT I BOOED AGAINST­ WIGAN....BUT MY FAITH IS RESTORED AGAIN....WELL DONE­ LADS AND ESPECIALLY MON!!

    From sean d, on Tue 1 Sep 5:25PM

  6. Cmon MON now all we need is a class striker to go with­ Gabby

    From pete the greek, on Tue 1 Sep 3:02PM

  7. Lee F,,No!No one can and no one will ever be able­ to!Its like the shroud of Turin, no one understands how­ it happened, their are lots oif theories, plenty of­ conspiracies, but all the scientific tests can't­ show how it happened!Although personally i think thats­ easier to understand than Heskeys career!

    From MichealS, on Tue 1 Sep 1:46PM
  8. Comment hidden due to its low rating. Show

    Villa are not looking good for a european place this­ season im afraid, the front runners outside the top 4­ are looking strong this year, Villa must be hoping for­ a decent cup run and maybe get into europe via the cup­ route.

    From amyperrett, on Tue 1 Sep 1:45PM

  9. I am a season ticket holder at Villa, can anyone tell­ me how Heskey has made a living playing football?

    From Lee F, on Tue 1 Sep 1:01PM

  10. Hi guys, Trivia Bonus Question.

    Is Carlo ancelotti,­­ david moyes, harry redknapp, sir alex ferguson &­­ god damn it even Tony Pulis a far better manager/coach­ than­ the Fat Spanish Waiter?

    I would say yes, he is­ rather­ C--r--a--p.

    From chrls_the_second, on Tue 1 Sep 12:18PM

  11. I agree with Ian.Heskey hasn't done enough to­ justify a first team place,and just think back to when­ we had Gabby
    playing alongside Big John Carew with­ Young terrifying defence's,class like that cannot­ be bought.The Moral of this story? If the Table isnt­ Broken,Dont call the Carpenter.

    From Don R, on Tue 1 Sep 11:21AM

  12. 2&3. Agreed, but the strange thing is MON­ discovered this by default last season. When Carew was­ out and Heskey not yet in. He seems to have persevered­ much longer than needed with Heskey - who takes up all­ the positions Gabby might take at dead-balls and­ provided no worthwhile service to Gabby's pace in­ return. Maybe Heskey can strike up a different sort of­ pairing with Delfounseo and with Beye as a Chelsea­ style raiding full back. We don't need one of those­ in our first eleven either, where we have 2­ wingers.

    Clark was another revalation from the Villa­ reserves - but if you look at that team's results­ for the past 18 months they must be darned good to dish­ out the hidings they have to "bigger" teams­ reserve sides.

    From IAN, on Tue 1 Sep 10:41AM

  13. 2 - Couldn't agree more. Sidwell in particular was­ fantastic. 4-3-3 is just a much better system for Villa­ - Milner and Ash have both got the work rates to make­ it work defensively and Gabi looks a different player­ when he is up front on his own.

    From andyturnertwentyone, on Tue 1 Sep 10:07AM

  14. With the signing of Richard Dunne and Stephen Warnock,­ the obvious potential of young Clarke against Fulham­ and the retrun of Luke Young and Freddie Bouma, maybe­ there is a light at the end of the tunnel regarding our­ defensive frailties - also just like to add how much­ more 'steel' there was in the midfield afainst­ Fulham - well played Nigel RK, Stan and Steve Sidwell.

    From nrhands, on Tue 1 Sep 9:58AM

  15. crafty sod, you know he's gonna take your place­ don't you curtis.....

    From Stench, on Tue 1 Sep 9:50AM
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