Aston Villa set to hire http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Shay-Given-c33284 from Manchester City – Premier League Update
It is being reported that Aston Villa are looking to make a move for Manchester City keeper, Shay Given.
Newly appointed Villa manager, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Alex-c4752 McLeish seems determined to bring in the shot-stopper, who he feels could really help his side progress into a whole new era.
At the moment, Villa are without a first-choice goal keeper, as http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Brad-Friedel-c7953 ended up leaving for Tottenham Hotspur as part of a free transfer, at the start of the transfer window.
As a result, McLeish has made the signing of a keeper his top priority and with Given looking more than eager to make the switch, the manager is looking to try his luck with the out of favour, Manchester City keeper.
Given, who is the first choice keeper for the http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Republic-of-Ireland-c2987, has spent almost all of last season sitting on the benches at the Eastlands, with it seeming like he has no options available to him. The keeper didn’t get dropped to the bench due to a series
of bad performances, or a dip in form, but, in fact the only reason for him no longer being first choice at the club, is because http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Joe-Hart-c18699 stepped his game up and claimed the number one jersey for himself.
At the moment, the keeper is being valued in at around five to eight million pounds, which is a fee that Villa can easily meet.
However, the only drawback of signing Given, is the fact that he would have to be paid a massive salary. At the moment, the keeper expects wages worth around eighty five thousand pounds a week and it is going to be a http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Real-c30728 challenge for McLeish to convince
the Villans board, to be forking out such massive amounts for the keeper.
Nonetheless, despite that fact almost every expert believes that a move to Villa Park, could prove to be one of the best things to happen to Aston Villa and Given.
The keeper has spent far too much time just sulking in the shadows and it is high time for him to reclaim the throne and prove to the world, just how good he really is. On the other hand, Villa are in desperate need of a good shot stopper. Friedel, despite
being decent for the club, was never the cutting edge keeper that the club needed and it seems like Given could prove to be just the player that the team has been looking for.
All in all, a move for Given to Villa, seems t be a match made in heaven.
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