Teamtalk teamtalk

Villa close in on Robbo and Sidwell

Wed 25 Jun, 04:00 PM


Aston Villa are set to make a £5million swoop for Tottenham keeper Paul Robinson - and may now get the go-ahead for talks with Steve Sidwell.Robinson has been looking to quit White Hart Lane since falling out with Juande Ramos towards the end of last season and the imminent arrival of PSV stopper Heurhelho Gomes will push him further down the pecking order.

Middlesbrough have also been linked with the England international but Aston Villa are favourites given that they can offer European football, even if that is only in the InterToto Cup for now.

Martin O'Neill can also promise the 28-year-old first-team football now Scott Carson has returned to Liverpool and he is now expected to hold talks at Villa Park this week.

He should be joined be Steve Sidwell who has now met Chelsea officials to discuss his compensation package. A £5.5million bid has already been agreed in principle for the former Reading midfielder, but Villa cannot press ahead with the transfer until Sidwell has reached an agreement with the Blues.

He could be due a £2million pay-off as he has been at Stamford Bridge less than 12 months and has not asked for a move away. A number of other Premier League clubs have been linked with his signature but the Villans remain in pole position.

More Football News from TEAMtalk

 

Comment 1 - 8 of 8

Sort comments by: Most recent | Most rated

  1. may b ramos will consider keeping malblunc wat a star player
    ps arsanel scum scum scum hope u all loose ur legs in the first game

    From STEVEN, on Sun 29 Jun 2:35PM

  2. by by robo u won't b mist

    From STEVEN, on Sun 29 Jun 2:31PM

  3. by by robo u wount b mist

    From STEVEN, on Sun 29 Jun 2:29PM

  4. villa have 15 (not including barry) fit first team players...worrying as this is im sure quality players are coming in, not big money transfers but good hungry english talent with a point to prove.
    villa are on the up but champions league is a few years away yet, il take uefa cup qualification for now.
    AVFC

    From ANDREW, on Fri 27 Jun 6:07PM

  5. I hope I'm wrong but "big money stars' are not part of O'Neill's plan this season. The Villa will need to be champions league outfit to attract big Star players and we have to be realistic, we're at least 3 seasons away from that. Last season exceeded all our expectations but if you look back at recent Villa history, we always struggle the season after we've had a moderate level of success. You only have to cast your mind back to the BiG Ron era, nearly won the league one year, narrowly avoided relagation the next. Like I say, I hope I'm wrong.

    From ujackbastard, on Thu 26 Jun 2:49PM

  6. I hope I'm wrong but "big money stars' are not part of O'Neill's plan this season. The Villa will need to be champions league outfit to attract big Star players and we have to be realistic, we're at least 3 seasons away from that. Last season exceeded all our expectations but if you look back at recent Villa history, we always struggle the season after we've had a moderate level of success. You only have to cast your mind back to the BiG Ron era, nearly one the league one year, narrowly avoided relagation the next. Like I say, I hope I'm wrong.

    From ujackbastard, on Thu 26 Jun 2:47PM

  7. Ill miss Robbo at Spurs :(

    From DannyH, on Thu 26 Jun 8:28AM

  8. lets get these two squad players in and done with , then move for the big money star players hopefully UTV

    From rich-o, on Wed 25 Jun 4:52PM
Sort comments by: Most recent | Most rated

Not already a Yahoo! user ? to get a free Yahoo! Account