Aston Villa News 24/7Writer: J P Fear 
Date:Wednesday January 24 2007
Time: 3:35PM
UK time is: 11:49:40
Choose your club
Other Sites
Network Navigation
Vital Partners
'If It's Football, It's Vital'
Baros Glad He Has Left Villa
Milan Baros says that he was on his way to Chelsea but the deal fell through because Shaun Wright-Phillips didn't want to move to Villa Park.
Baros told my daily paper, Czech Sport: 'I agreed with Chelsea. It was practically a finished thing. Everything broke down over the fact Wright-Phillips did not want to go to Aston Villa. And coach O“Neill told me that without any replacement, he would not let me go as he would not have any strikers left.'
He also says he talked with Jose Mourinho, jeez, imagine them two together, they'd be fighting over the mirror and the doors would have to be widened so both ego's could fit into a room.
'We just spoke about the match. Just after the game in the tunnel he told me that he wanted me to join the team and asked me if I was interested. I told him so. But it did not happen in the end.'
Hope Jose had permission with Villa to ask that after the game?!?
He also was asked if he was sorry the move didn't work out and Baros diplomatically replied: 'I would be sorry if I went to a worse club, but now I am at Lyon.'
Adding about his spell at Villa which saw him as top scorer in the first season and an outcast virtually this season: 'I was injured, the club fought against relegation in the first season. They are close to the bottom again. This does not help an individual and it is difficult to shine. And we did not play in Europe. I do not want to make excuses, Aston Villa was not a good contract for me and I am glad it is over.'
That'll go down well, oh well, if that is his attitude, sod him, we've the better end of the deal with the John Carew arrival anyway according to our last poll:
Vital Villa asked who had the best end of the swap deal:
Lyon getting Baros 5%
Villa getting Carew 81%
About equal 11%
Unsure 3%
Seconds Out! Vital Boxing is here!
Vital F1 Prediction League - Join now for Monaco
Your Comments
Thats ok Milan, you were ***** anyway
crosswesleyanchapel
Hopefully his diatribe won't affect our chances of signing anyone else. Why mention it? He's basically saying He'd have moved to Chelsea instead of Lyon, which won't endear him to Lyon fans.
Gazvilla
he aint half as glad as we are!!
jonah
Just proves what a miserable b****rd he is. I'm now glad he's gone. MON was right to dump him. Good riddance.
villacross
Sods law though he will go to Lyon and score Shed loads of goals now
kentvilla
That is great because we are all happy, as regards he saying he is happy to be gone effecting other players wanting to come to us, I doubt it very much as he flopped at Liverpool as well.
irish villa
Wonder where he will be in 18 months time when he's shown he aint quite as good without Koeller the side of him and Nedved behind?
Not at Chelski I reckon!
Stourbridge Villan
Him going on about how we are low in the league. It would never occur to the prat that perhaps if he had scored a few more goals we wouldn't be. Good riddance to the bloke, he never looked liked he wanted to play for us anyway.
jonah
kentvilla... i doubt it. He'll probably be anonymous yet again, like he was at villa and liverpool. Good riddance to an over hyped player.
The Usual Suspect
I do not want to make excuses,............. well dont, enjoy your new club and put your failings at Aston Villa behind US.
col8
I was a big fan and defender of Baros, however, forget the performances on the pitch i now have no doubts whatsoever it was this type of attitude which led to his sale.
mackaavfc
Milan, shut the F**K up and score a goal. Stop trying to ustify your existence by blaming AVFC for your abject failure. Now can we get rid of the other long-haired, overpaid, utterly slow, overrated "striker" that is currently wasting valuable turf space at Bodymoor?
gmvillan
Now if Villa got Wright-Phillips i certainly would be wary of facing them, with the pace of Young, Agbonlahor and Wright-Phillips in your side it can only do you good. Still think Lennon is better though.
OneAaronLennon
Who is this Baros bloke you are all talking about?
voiceoftheholte
Interesting to hear that Jose Mourinho was having a chat with him in the tunnel after the match - tapping up me thinks!
PaulG
Classy comments which should guarantee him a warm reception at Villa Park when we're back in Europe and facing Lyon - what a tool. I'd rather have Savo in the team than Baros any day of the week....come to think of it, I'd rather have Balaban! :-)
jeffg_utv
Baros was a sulker at Liverpool, a sulker at Villa and he'll be a sulker wherever he goes. As far as I'm concerned he has gone to a weaker league
PaulG
Baros may do well at Lyon, as the French league is weaker but I have my doubts because of his attitude. The SWP bit fits what I have thought all along that he thinks he can make it at Chelsea and won't leave, except for Arsenal or Manure perhaps.
pongo wearing
i i say i saw monhonaos walk of together and mourinho had his arm round baros talking to him, so it was obvious to me that he was after him. oh well sod him
john carew
you know what he is going to do
he is going to score for u
john carew
meakers
I would love to see SWP at Villa but id he is hoping for Arsenal or Man Utd to come in for him then he'll be waiting a long time, especially for the mney that is being asked for him.
PaulG
OneAaronLennon constructive comment for a change and I agree! can't believe the Swedish idiot didn't play Lennon in The World Cup.
SWP was never going to come to us permanently, he'd be silly to do it now anyway, Chelski are still challenging on four fronts and he's getting games. How do you think you guys will do tonight? Does Jol know his best side? You've been lucky with the cup draws, but I suppose you can only beat what's put in front of you.
tarzan
Mr Fear, you've made a typo! The title to this story should read "VILLA GLAD BAROS HAS LEFT!"
The Usual Suspect
I am more angry at SWP for saying Villa are a C*** club
Christo
Christo - who said he said this? Baros?
tarzan
Nice to see the tw*t is bitter and twisted. I just love it when greedy agents and players don't get thier own way.
tarzan
Yea thats what Baros said what SWP said
Christo
Must be true then! Not the fact that lazy boy is jealous that SWP is playing for the richest club in the World and challenging for four trophies?
tarzan
Baros has it all to prove all over again. His star is shining nowhere near as brightly as it was when he arrived at Anfield, with a reputation proclaiming him to be the hottest young striker in Europe. His two spells at English clubs would suggest that on the premiership stage at least, he just wasn't up to it.
glensider
I would not believe a thing that comes out of his mouth, what an arrogant ****. as stated if he had scored more and done his job we wouldn't have been where we were in the league, It is now obvious his heart was not here, with that type of attitude he will fail wherever he goes.
steff_the_villan
I think Jol knows his best side, i just think his tactics are a bit dodgy. And as you say, the cup ties have been good to us and this will be a tough test.
OneAaronLennon
???????
Christo
Asked him for a prediction. Wish we'd had Spuds draws in the cups this season. Talking of Baros, remember when Doug signed him last season and though he'd signed the best player ever. Baros walked straight past him outside VP (that was my Baros Villa career highlight!)
tarzan
The line that stands out to me is the fact that being near the bottom of the league does not help AN INDIVIDUAL to shine. Has he never realised it is a team game and everyone is in it together, the buck toothed eejit. And as for him scoring shed loads for Lyon, so could I in that league with the rest of the players in that team and I am 5ft 9 , 17 stone and 44 years old FFS
fatloser
Thank God SWP said no to Villa, i wouldn't want a *****ty player like baros even on the bench!
k_chelski
well we dont want a kiss bum sitting on ours
Christo
Fatloser - quality post. Must ask though, are you Jan Molby?
mackaavfc
On his way to Chelsea to help in towel dept. more like. I'm glad you're gone, too, shorty.
505anthony
dont think chelski have to sell before they pay 5mill for s**t , dont kid yourself donkey, hope lyon realise that he is crap before they end up in the bottom half waiting fot his talent to shine
morky13villa
Fair enough christo , fair enough.
k_chelski
I don't believe for one minute that Chelsea would want Baros, or swap SWP for him. Fergie had his arm round McCann going down the tunnel the other week, was he tapping him up ? don't think so !
Plus SWP, although obviously talented, was the most hyped up player for years and not the finished article, Chelsea just bought him to stop Man Utd from buying him and developing him.
Now John Carew, does exactly what it says on the tin. Ask Cannavaro and Real Madrid !!
Baros had a few decent games in the Euros, so what, remember Roger Miller ? Premier league material NOT
Good luck to Baros, not that he needs it, my collie dog could score 20 a season out there.
astonmilan
good point astonmilan swp is or was over rated maybe mon didnt want him and did want carew, seems like a good deal to me. my collie is at present playing in the spl
morky13villa
we shouldnt of brought him enyway bellamy was te better choice and cheaper choice
Newman
Chelsea fans cried salt tears when it became clear Milan would not be joining.
Pking
should have had the t**t on goal only bonus, would only have cost us a tenner this season
morky13villa
Yeah, Lyon lost 2-1 at home to Bordeaux, what a debut Fabio
AussieVilla
Stourbridge Villan-you called it perfectly! Without Koeller and Nedved propping him up perhaps he's only half the player. Too big for his boots-glad he's gone. I hope we meet Lyon at some point and kick the crap out of them.
gwyllum18
i will give him till xmas and he will be gone
kentvilla
Be Interesting to see If the messgae boards are a full of Baros is he scores loads of goals in frogland. As for the Chelsea link Pfttt
Never in a million years.
col8
"This does not help an individual and it is difficult to shine" - two words mate, rearranged from CKUF and FFO. It's more difficult to shine when you miss sitters over and over again until the entire fanbase wants to club you to death with your own hairdryer. Sod off into obscurity and let Villa be the ones to shine !!
ExpatVillaShirt
If Chelsea were that interested in Baros I am sure they would have found the money from somewhere. I am sure he is using SWP as a smokescreen cause Baros and his mom told the media he was on his way to Chelsea.
PaulG
We didn't want the Mucking Fidget from Chelsea anyway!!!
Stevew
Good riddance to him,especially after that childish outburst!
He never had any passion for playing for us, even after he scored 2 against Small Heath (which I am eternally grateful!) his interview showed he's got the personality of an ant!
I'm more than happy we've got Carew instead of a player that is more concerned with trying to win fouls than the ball.
stedol
Have Your Say
Recent Articles
The Villa Times - 23/05/2013 (Thursday May 23 2013)
The Vital Villa Player Of The Season Is... (Thursday May 23 2013)
Bumper Transfer News - SOME Inward! (Thursday May 23 2013)
New Contracts? Better Deals? It's Only Money!! (Thursday May 23 2013)
Petrov Delighted With Assistant Coach Role (Wednesday May 22 2013)
Broadcasting Revenue For AVFC For 2012/13 Season (Wednesday May 22 2013)
N'Zogbia Exit And £5m Given To Keeper? (Wednesday May 22 2013)
Villa's Pre Season Schedule (Tuesday May 21 2013)
Vlaar Pleased With First Good Touch Of The Game (Tuesday May 21 2013)
Villa Season Ticket Help Sessions (Tuesday May 21 2013)
Archived Articles
Vital Members League (view all)
| 1. | Pride of Lions | 1030 |
| 2. | The Fear | 782 |
| 3. | BodyButter | 514 |
| 4. | kefkat | 423 |
| 5. | CDX_EIRE | 350 |
| 6. | ClivetheVillan | 331 |
| 7. | Villan57 | 245 |
| 8. | thefacehead | 241 |
| 9. | DeanoVilla | 236 |
| 10. | holtelower | 218 |
League Results (view all)
| Latest Results | ||||
| Wigan | 2 | - | 2 | Aston Villa |
| Aston Villa | 1 | - | 2 | Chelsea |
| Norwich | 1 | - | 2 | Aston Villa |
| Aston Villa | 6 | - | 1 | Sunderland |
| Man Utd | 3 | - | 0 | Aston Villa |
| Aston Villa | 1 | - | 1 | Fulham |
League Table (view table)
| Team | P | W | D | L | GD | Pts |
| 12. Fulham | 38 | 11 | 10 | 17 | -10 | 43 |
| 13. Stoke | 38 | 9 | 15 | 14 | -11 | 42 |
| 14. Southampton | 38 | 9 | 14 | 15 | -11 | 41 |
| 15. Aston Villa | 38 | 10 | 11 | 17 | -22 | 41 |
| 16. Newcastle | 38 | 11 | 8 | 19 | -23 | 41 |
| 17. Sunderland | 38 | 9 | 12 | 17 | -13 | 39 |
| 18. Wigan | 38 | 9 | 9 | 20 | -26 | 36 |
Breaking League News
| New Stoke away kit a miss with fans
» Stoke : 24/05/2013 11:44:00
|
| Saints Sow Seeds For Next Season
» Southampton : 24/05/2013 11:42:00
|
| Tabb's move away from Royals stalls
» Reading : 24/05/2013 11:00:00
|
| Wigan Athletic - 12th Man - Season End
» Wigan : 24/05/2013 09:49:00
|
| Looking Towards the Bundesliga
» Chelsea : 24/05/2013 09:45:00
|
| Ferdinand Pens One-Year Deal
» Man Utd : 24/05/2013 09:43:00
|
| United Miss Out on Begovic
» Man Utd : 24/05/2013 09:42:00
|
Current Site Poll (view all polls)
|
|
1 © - All content copyright Vital Network Ltd, not to be reproduced without explicit permission Copyright Issues
Cookie Policy
At Vital Football, we along with most other modern websites use small files called 'cookies' to create the most secure, effective and functional website possible for our users. Without these files our business model, based on advertising, breaks down and we would be unable to continue to provide the services that you are here to utilise. By continuing to use this website after seeing this message, you consent to our use of cookies on this device unless you have disabled them. For full details please read our Cookie Policy which can be found here. However, if you would like to disable cookies on this device, please view our Cookie Policy which contains an opt-out tool for disabling advertising cookies. Please also visit our information pages on 'How to manage cookies' if you would also like to block all other types of cookies. Please be aware that parts of this site will not function correctly if you disable cookies.