Former http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Paul-c29347 Lambert and keep his place as first choice goalkeeper for Aston Villa.
Aston Villa have gone through a tremendous makeover as far as the squad and management are concerned. The club underwent a very poor and woeful season under http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Alex-c4752 McLeish in the last Premier League campaign, where they narrowly avoided relegation and only
managed to win four games at home.
The club was in dire straits as McLeish was sacked and the club was without a manager. However, Paul Lambert arrived from Carrow Road and was appointed as the new boss. The former Norwich City manager has good credentials as he was responsible for leading
Norwich to two back-to-back promotions that ultimately brought the http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Canaries-c38723 to the upper reaches of English football.
Lambert’s achievements at Carrow Road had earned him legendary status with the club, which is why his forceful move to Aston Villa was met with so much astonishment.
However, Lambert’s arrival at Villa Park comes to the joy of Villa fans as the manager started making changes to the squad and looked to assemble a team that would compete in the top half of the Premier League table.
There have been many players that left Villa Park this summer, but Shay Given was not one of them. The player recently called time on his international career so that he can solely focus on Aston Villa. The 36 year old is looking forward to the new season
and is confident that he’ll be able to impress Lambert, despite the arrival of American goalkeeper http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Brad-Guzan-c7954. He said that he is relishing the competition and it will help bring out the best in both players.
"Brad is pushing hard for a place in the team. It's up to me hopefully to keep him out but he's a fantastic goalkeeper and the fans love him here as well and that comes from his performances.”
"He's a top goalkeeper and it's important we've got that competition in all positions across the park and we definitely have that in the goalkeeping department.”
"Of course you need a challenge and there's a new manager as well, so you've got to impress him and show him that you deserve to be in the team.”
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