Mirror: Fabian Delph admits that Aston Villa's­ reputation for promoting young English talent made it­ an easy decision for him to move from Leeds - and turn­ his back on interest from Manchester City.

nowt andrew, we keep feeding the parasite, can you not­ see it?

how much will get put back in to the club that is the­ big question on every 1s mind

Has any one noticed, Bates will not confirm the Fee, he­ is muttering about a percentage to Bradford and how­ well Villa conducted the approach etc, the question is­ though 'HOW MUCH?' and where will the money­ go??? Only a few weeks ago Bates said "We­ don't need the money" knew then we would sell­ him!!
Glad he went to Villa and not City though! he­ will at least get a game at Villa, cos if Elano­ can't get into the City side after that display for­ Brazil at the Emirates wot chance would Delph have??

Excellent! Gareth Barry...move over!!!

Though we knew it was going to happen, it still smarts­ for us Leeds fans. The only positive is that he's­ going to a club with a geat manager who will continue­ to help Delph progress into the star that we know he­ can be.
Good luck to you Fabien.
As for you Bates, i­ hope this isn't just to be banked for you next­ legal costs! Show the fans some respect and buy us a­ replacement!

im excited to see how he will fare in the premier­ league

good luck fab 4 the future,villa will do rite by u,and­ give ugame time which u wunt av got at city,as 4 us at­ leeds lets take it on the chin again as usual,marchin­ on 2 gether

well,well,bates. one player in on a free, and sell our­ best players?? if you think he is going to money into­ leeds you are mad. we are in league 1 for a long long­ time. i bet grayson kicking himself now. 8 million on­ its way to monaco. bates @#$% off.

Nice one MON!!! Capturing Whiz Kid Delph will allow us­ to rest some of the players during a long season ahead.­ Now we should shift our focus on acquiring a defensive­ stopper to help Cuellar/Davies. Friedel's strong­ tout ledge of Guzan has given us great depth at keeper.­ We need an imposing force at the back that will give­ our defense a true identity. Only when we can protect­ our goal with authority will we be able to start­ mumbling about Champions League. With the heart this­ team has shown we are just a couple more pieces to the­ puzzle away and we will be set to take on anyone.
Juve­ who????? Barry who?????? Up The Villa!!!!!!

Good luck with Delph, Villa. I hope you do well next­ season. It would be great having a team breaking into­ the top 4 places. As for us Leeds Utd supporters,­ it's just one thing after another. We've been­ in freefall for several seasons now and it really does­ seem as if we are going to join Huddersfield, Forest,­ Wednesday and a few others in the list of giants who­ fell by the wayside never to recover. Sad, very sad.

Well said tuscan! its makes me proud to be a villain to­ see the words 'honourable conduct' attributed­ to the club. All credit to MON for that, you don't­ see him doing a 'fat spanish waiter' and openly­ tapping up players thru the press. Have to be honest i­ don't know much about Delph but i like what i'm­ hearing! And to ian campbell, you don't make sense­ mate..... what you mean by 'hope goalkeeper­ don't go off boil'? Friedel is a good,­ experienced, safe pair of hands and as for Guzan, i­ think he's gonna be bloody good, watched him in our­ Peace Cup triumph and he was immense! I'm also­ pretty confident that no-one else will be leaving...­ however..... any other villains out there­ surprised/disappointed with the sale of Knight? I know­ the guy was gaffe-prone but surely he was worth keeping­ as a squad member? With the loss of Laursen, unless he­ brings in someone, i feel we are still too weak­ defensively!

im sure he will do well in the prem for us, if he is­ half as good as milner another leeds youth player he­ will ace.

he,s a turn that slag bates eh,another few million for­ his middle east financiers and himself whilst the­ famous old club dies a slow death,god bless jack adler­ and the cayman island banking laws.closed trusts rule­ eh ken madoff you 2 bob slag.
if roman wouldn,t have­ pitched up exactly when he did,chelsea were on the­ brink too,how the revenue stood for bates garbage and­ walked away god only knows !!

Aston villa just need to hope their goalkeeper doesnt­ go off the boil plus who is leaving?

good stuff would rather see this promising young player­ under the guidance of martin o;neil rather than him­ waste his career at city really do hope he signs for­ villa and gets in there starting eleven then we will­ see if he is good enough for the top flight

Hi Mary, pompous moi?? Nice photo

Fully agree with you tuscanvillan. Leeds fans can take­ heart from the fact that MON will look after Delph and­ lets face it the other young players at Villa have­ improved their game whilst playing at Villa Park. Up­ the Villa!

Thanks Leeds for conducting yourselves admirably as far­ as I can make out, far cry from the scouse t"£!s­ from last season. Good luck at promotion this season­ and I forgive you all for throwing bricks and bottles­ at me in 1982 at Elland Road.

I was hoping Villa would be able to sign this lad , he­ will be world class.
A big thankyou to Leeds Utd for­ coaching this lad to the stage he is at allready he is­ a credit to Leeds coaching staff.

I do hope Leeds Utd­ start climbing back up the tables where they belong.