Premier League - Barry admits Villa dilemma

Eurosport - Tue, 28 Apr 15:32:00 2009

Gareth Barry admits he faces a tough decision over his Aston Villa future this summer.

FOOTBALL 2008-2009 Premier League Aston Villa Gareth Barry admits to a dilemma as to where his future lies in the summer, with Liverpool interested - 0

The England international was the subject of constant speculation last summer after a protracted transfer saga involving Liverpool.

Barry ended up staying at Villa Park after the Reds failed to meet Villa's asking price for the midfielder.

Reds boss Rafa Benitez is reported to be ready to rekindle his interest in Barry this summer and the player insists there will no repeat of last year's saga, though he will take his time before deciding on his long-term future.

"From the experience of last year I'm hoping to deal with it better," Barry told the Birmingham Mail.

"It would be disrespectful to the fans and the club if I'm thinking about anything else rather than trying to get maximum points from the last four games - that's where my head is at this moment.

"It will definitely be a difficult decision, but we'll see where we are at the end of the season before making any decision. It's always going to be a tough one, no matter what happens.

"I've learnt a lot from what happened and last season I learned a lot off the pitch. I'm looking for a completely opposite scale of things and I'm confident it won't be one of those sagas again.

"There are things I'll do differently. I'm not dreading it at all, I know what's coming. It's not something you dread, it's part of the game."

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  1. play in the Europan Cup or Sit on the bench in the­ champions league.....

    From Kyle, on Wed 29 Apr 6:28PM

  2. Garry must be outright silly to consider a move from­ Villa now,check it out;top four teams have better­ midfielders than him,so how's he gonna make first­ team? that leaves Man City(plenty cash and brainless­ ambitions),Everton?ok,but frugal with cash,Spurs?yeah­ well,but harry has bigger problems.So that still leaves­ you with Villa as your best bet 'cos he can grow­ with them.

    From Ifeanyi, on Wed 29 Apr 3:58PM

  3. 3 things Gareth:

    1) You don't want to spent a­ lot of time on the bench at this stage of your­ career.

    2) You are an established England player so­ you don't need to move for that.

    3) MON sees you­ as a creative player and gives you freedom, Benitez­ sees you as a holding player, a "water­ carrier".

    Stay put my son!

    From geoffrey.bushell, on Wed 29 Apr 2:10PM

  4. Let him go - he can't play his best football where­ he obviously doesn't want te be.

    From Spider, on Wed 29 Apr 8:45AM

  5. G.BARRY SHOULD GO TO LIVERPOOL!!! HE'LL BE LEADING­ A GOOD LIFE SITTING ON THE BENCH WITH BIG PAYCHECK­ WATCHING ALL THE SPANISH PLAYER IN THE 1ST TEAM...

    From elmarciano, on Wed 29 Apr 1:13AM

  6. Liverpool -- spend a lot of time sitting on the bench­ (speak to Robbie Keane)
    Arsenal -- you seem to play­ the same position they are now getting nassri to­ play?

    I honestly think you would be as well to stay at­ the villa ok it might only be Europa cup but Villa­ might well have managed to win the thing if O'Neil­ had not been so fixated about a 4th place finish
    See­ what else Villa buy this summer they need a defence Zat­ knight and Davis are next to useless IMO
    and if Martin­ Larsen has to retire then you are in the poo­ defensively.
    But as you said you do not wish to retire­ with regrets which is understandable I think you might­ regret a move as to much time on the bench would see­ you England place go and its is the world cup year

    From Alex F, on Wed 29 Apr 12:46AM

  7. Stay at Villa Park

    From nsvind, on Wed 29 Apr 12:03AM

  8. to be honest, Liverpool have a pretty good midfield­ anyway, if he was to go there he wouldn't play­ anywhere near as many games. Which after all is what­ any player wants to do. Also, if he doesn't play as­ many games, he could put his England selection at­ risk.

    I agree with Barry, its a tough decision, but­ hopefully he'll see that Villa are going places and­ he can help us get there. We need to build the squad­ with players of his calibre, not loose them....

    From Steve, on Tue 28 Apr 10:23PM

  9. dazmanutd, another braindead moron Coming onto a blog­ about Villa and LFC to spread his blinkered brainwashed­ Man U @#$% get a life oh and check the history books­ idiot!!!! ManU 36 trophies LFC 43 i make that 7­ trophies short hows your maths?

    From john g, on Tue 28 Apr 10:18PM

  10. he should stay at villa, they need him more than­ liverpool, who arent givin up their midfield lightly

    From dodger, on Tue 28 Apr 10:01PM

  11. xabi is on his way out..

    From smoothc22, on Tue 28 Apr 7:26PM

  12. liverpool dont need him, gerrard, mascherano, alonso in­ the middle, seriously... a bench warmer maybe. . .

    From Taffy, on Tue 28 Apr 6:52PM

  13. ..Ok serious, come to Arsenal

    From Dale, on Tue 28 Apr 6:02PM

  14. Could use him at the Emirates....cutting grass

    From Dale, on Tue 28 Apr 6:01PM

  15. what position is he going to play in anifield?benitez­ just wants to unsettle the player and he must be­ follish enough to listen the the media too.

    From efozia, on Tue 28 Apr 5:58PM

  16. go to steffnu . mybrute . ocm

    and play ;) (no popups­ or anything else)

    From agiusstefan, on Tue 28 Apr 5:56PM

  17. Would rather the pool buy Eto'o got enough­ midfielders

    From Dampski, on Tue 28 Apr 3:53PM

  18. Just go Gareth........so we can settle the squad and­ move on..........one thing is for sure, it will be the­ biggest mistake of your life........look what has­ happened to the two times european player of the year­ Shevchenko, seven years of consistancy, then on and off­ the bench you go..... next thing its all­ over.......Alonso, Gerrard, Mascherano, Benyeyoun­ etc....are by far better players all round. Chelsea­ would be a better move.....if they wanted you that is.

    From lee, on Tue 28 Apr 3:36PM

  19. Once I saw him just enjoyed hot dating with a sexy­ rich female on ""M i l l i 0 n a i r e l 0 v­ e s. c0 o00 m" "

    From hebe Y, on Tue 28 Apr 3:36PM

  20. come to anfield and win no trophies ha ha ha

    From DAZGGMU-RED-LEGEND-OF-YAHOO, on Tue 28 Apr 3:35PM
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