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Villa Eyes Liverpool Move

Sun 15 Jun, 01:09 PM


Spanish star David Villa has hinted he would like to move to Liverpool, if he heads to England this summer.

The Valencia striker has lit up Euro 2008 with four goals in their opening two group games.

A host of clubs are tracking Villa with Liverpool and Chelsea reported to be heading the queue for the diminutive front-man.

Villa, who has linked up so well with current Reds star Fernando Torres for Spain, admits he would be tempted by the prospect of playing with him on a weekly basis.

"Liverpool and Chelsea are both big clubs with a lot of attraction," he told the News of the World.

Villa also admitted that Liverpool's Spanish coach Rafa Benitez could play a big role in attracting him as he tried to sign him earlier in his career.

"Liverpool have a Spanish coach and I also have a lot of friends there," he said.

"When Rafa was coach at Valencia and I was at Zaragoza there was contact about me joining Valencia but I couldn't arrive until the year after he left there."

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  1. the reds must buy david villa, not chelsea!!

    From amirul.casanova, on Tue 17 Jun 3:44PM

  2. villa must be a must signing for the reds before season starts.the link up between villa and torres is superb why are we waiting the top 3 will be looking over their shoulders but we need one or two quality defenders too, carragher was outstanding last season but can't keep doing next season

    From anthonyhemson, on Tue 17 Jun 1:47PM

  3. RAFA!RAFA!!RAFAAAAAAAAA!!!!!How many times did i call u?!if u cant hear any other persons here pls heed my advice..sorry....my SCREAMING!!!Get this boy villa now.u aint blind not to see what damage his pairing with el nino can cause in premiership!!BREAK THE BANK AND GET DAVID VILLA NOW OR...........!

    From ceejayexel, on Tue 17 Jun 3:18AM

  4. TOM HICKS AND GILLETS .. BOTH OF YOU PLEASE GIVE RAFA THE MONEY HE WANT. IF LIVERPOOL WANNA BE PREMIER LEAGUE CHAMPIONS, RAFA NEED TO BUY WORLD CLASS PLAYER. OF COURSE WE HAVE A WORLD CLASS PLAYER IN LIVERPOOL BUT IT JUST NOT ENOUGH. WE HAVE SOLID BACK FOUR AND GOOD GOAL KEEPER, WE NEED AT LEAST 1 GOOD LEFT DEFENDER, 2 WORLD CLASS WINGER LEFT AND RIGHT, PLUS 1 WORLD CLASS STRIKER.

    From azhanm, on Mon 16 Jun 3:47PM

  5. villa torres nuff said just give us planning permmision for bigger trophy room

    From JULIAN, on Mon 16 Jun 11:57AM

  6. Definately go for villa, bently and barry,come on you yanks, show us how much you want liverpool to get back to the glory days, as you quoted when you bought liverpool! There is no way we can compete for the league unless we strengthen our squad, and that means bringing in world class players, not just fringe players like we have in the past! Yeah its great to buy players for around 10 mill, but will that make a difference? No not anymore its 2008, everyone knows that you need to be spending big bucks for players now, look at united, as much as i hate to say it but over the last few years they have been buying two or three quality signings every summer!
    BRING BACK THAT PREMIERSHIP TROPHEY, AND LETS SHOW EVERYONE THAT WE HAVE THE QUALITY!!!

    From Philip S, on Mon 16 Jun 11:27AM

  7. david villa david bentley and gareth barry come on you yanks show some bottle go get em and bring back the premiership trophy to its rightful home show the supporters what ur all about back rafa we will back you ................

    From JOHN, on Mon 16 Jun 11:07AM

  8. Garrath Barry David Villa Steve G El Nino Jamie Carrahger= the premier league winners simple as that go for it Rafa and Hicks/Gillet time to prove your worth frm Cumbrian scouse Davie

    From dwarwick53, on Mon 16 Jun 6:55AM

  9. who ever that rafa bring in the liverpool it will not effect anything...' U WILL NEVER LOSE ALONE'..Heheheheeeeee....even bring ronaldo,kaka,rooney.....etc...'U WILL NEVER LOSE ALONE'....

    From Eddy A, on Mon 16 Jun 5:59AM

  10. Benitez should buy Villa and get rid of Voronin so that Liverpool still have 4 strikers(Fernando Torres, Dirk Kuyt, Peter Crouch, and *Villa*).

    From Michael, on Mon 16 Jun 3:45AM

  11. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

    LIKE LIVERFOOL WILL HAVE ANY CHANCE OF WINNING THE PREMIERSHIP WHEN UTD ARE THERE.IT WILL BE IN MID-OCTOBER WHEN LVFL WILL BE OUT OF THE TITLE RACE AGAIN(DE JA VU ANYBODY).
    DONT WORRY "YOU WILL NEVER LOSE ALONE" AS THE GOONERS AND CITEH WILL LOSE ALONGSIDE YOU

    From saeed, on Mon 16 Jun 1:57AM

  12. left aston villa , get david villa !!!!!!

    From afiq, on Mon 16 Jun 1:52AM

  13. we really NEED VILLA in order to win the title next season...this season with torres alone we already closing the gaps with the leader...and next season,with villa and torres,we not need to close the gaps but the rest will need to do so...

    LIVERPOOL FOOTBALL CLUB RAWKS....GO RAFA GO FOR IT...GET VILLA....THE TALENT WE NEED IN LFC...SAY NO TO 20 MILLION BARRY...LET ASTON VILLA HAVE HIM...INSTEAD OF BARRY,WE COULD SIGN BENTLEY WHO IS YOUNG AND ALSO TALENTED...BUT SET DAVID VILLA AS OUR HIGHEST PRIORITY....

    From Denis S, on Mon 16 Jun 1:30AM

  14. great....villa and el nino will be the best pairing....and right now i think lfc really need a partner for el nino...lfc can`t put the burden on torres alone...and i think villa will be a great partner for torres...even world class defenders like fabio cannavro,rio ferninand,carvalho,ashley cole,william gallas will have a hard time to stop this pair..i`m sure of this...see how they both perform in euro 08...they both really a good pair...20 million for barry not worth it at all...barry is good...but his price 20 million is too much....and i think bentley will also good pair with gerrard....go rafa sell crouch,riise,alonso,voronin....and buy villa...it is really worth it....

    From Denis S, on Mon 16 Jun 1:24AM

  15. never buy a player out of a major tounament the price is always exzaggerated

    From liam, on Mon 16 Jun 12:48AM

  16. go for it raffa, villa and el nino would be grat, with another decent winger then we av a very gd side.

    From scouser01_28@..., on Sun 15 Jun 9:24PM

  17. what a team would thay would make, number 19 just wating for us.

    From kopboyred, on Sun 15 Jun 7:53PM

  18. Villa and Torres... the best pairing i'll ever see in the premiership. even the best defenders will find them tough to handle.

    The rate at which these two are going to bang in goals for LIVERPOOL next season is really gonna be alarming, they are both gonna lit up the premiership! Am only sorry for defenders cause they are in for a big job.

    Rafa, villa is a good buy anytime...he's not only gonna do liverpool a good but also spain will benefit for both pairing up in the attack for a club.
    Make a move also for Barry and liverpool will be the team to beat next season.

    fron Adenrele (netherlands)

    From atobatele, on Sun 15 Jun 7:50PM

  19. You all correct Rafa should go for Villa and forget about Barry, he gonna cost 20 mill an he nowhere worth that. if Torres gets injured next season who is gonna get the goals???.."Barry" i think not, O'Neals havin Rafas pants down askin stupid money.What you think??,do you agree

    From quinn.patrick@..., on Sun 15 Jun 7:48PM

  20. Villa upfront with Torres will be a deadly striking partnership any premiership side will be having, infact , premiership defenders are in for a tough one and i hope that the deal comes to pass.
    As this will not only benefit LIVERPOOL but it will also be good for spain...

    Rafa here is a big chance to have a fantastic strike force of el-nino with villa, Barry's signing also will really be a big one for liverpool this season.

    From atobatele, on Sun 15 Jun 7:30PM
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