EPL News: Brad Friedel in line for shock exit from Aston Villa
Aston Villa's veteran goal keeper, Brad Friedel could very well be on his way out of the club as early as January.
This news came into existence after the club went ahead and started to stall his contract talks and those talks have now been put on a hold indefinitely.
The American shot stopper, who is currently aged at 39-years-old, happens to be one of the highest earners at the club, bringing in a massive forty thousand pounds a week. The keeper joined Villa after impressing in the Premier League
with Blackburn way back in 2008.
At the moment his contract is set to run out in the summers therefore it is strongly believed that Gerard Houllier is willing to let the player go.
The keeper who has managed to make around two hundred and fifty consecutive appearances for the clubs, has been put up in the market indirectly after his name was given to a string of agents to try and develop a hype and interest for the
player by other clubs.
As a result the board are currently hoping that a club will come knocking on their door for the keeper in the January transfer window and that way Villa can let the player go for a small fee as opposed to letting him go for free in the
summers.
Earlier it was reported that John Carew was told he could leave the team and now it appears like Friedel has also joined that list of players that the Villa officials are chalking up in order to cut their losses.
At the same time the team is also looking to try and land Rangers shot stopper Allan McGregor in order to replace Friedel as the number one shot stopper at the club. Nonetheless a move for the McGregor is subject to the fact that Friedel
does end up leaving the team as early as they are anticipating.
With the market demand for a quality keeper on the high at the moment, it is safe to say that it won't be very hard for the keeper to find a new employer.
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