Eventual New Bid Rejected

WELL SAID THAT MAN!!!!!!!!

Finnan???????????? Thats progress not.

**I meant BENCH, not BEACH. ha ha, he'd love that.

gareth barry has stabbed your club in the back and i truly hope you find a better replacement than barry...martin o neil and villa deserve better!!

he has already set things alight. to say you want to leave aston villa is a disgrace - especially when under contract.

That's the way to deal with it MON and Randy. I can't help thinking that if the old regime we're still in place then Barry would have gone by now. However, this just proves how much we have moved on under new ownership. I think it's great that we are no longer seen as easy pickings for the so-called big four.

@ric112 - saying he wants to leave Villa is not a disgrace, but it is a disgrace the way GB has gone about saying he wants to leave. Olof the Great said he wanted to leave, but did it with respect and that was reciprocated by the fans who gave him a good send off.

I cant actually belive Barry has said what he has, that M'ON has done nothing to persuade him to stay!!! M'ON and Randy held talks with him, and was going to make a decison after the England games, which he said he WANTS to leave Villa for Liverpool. There Barry, you have made your decison, so if you really want to leave Villa, then why would you be offered a new contract . He is just being bitter because of M'ON stubbornness over the fee he is asking for., and fair play to Martin...all hail M'ON. He has given Villa 10 years of brilliant service and thankyou very much, but that doesnt mean the club will beg him to stay when quite frankly he would probably reject the improved contract knowing the Rafa is after him. The club is a team and success will come as a team, not because of one individual.

"Under the rule, any footballer aged between 23 and 28 is entitled to walk away from a club, so long as he has served three years of a four or five-year contract." Barry has only served 2 of the 4 years. Rafa is to blame not MON. He is trying to build something whilst Rafa is trying to dismantle his CLOSEST rivals Spurs and Villa, no not Manure and Chelsea you deluded scouser.

And look how many games we blew. Check the table, it's far more likely that we or another in the chasing pack will catch Liverpool than you will of catching Chelsea or Man U next season. And eys Villa will take that risk because money isn't an issue.

If Villa lose money on Barry out of principle then it is a victory for decency, honour, loyalty etc. We have given our sponsorship monies away this year (and are promoting a charity ) and will have a team of mainly English/British players with a thouroughly decent honest manager and Owner. I am proud to be a Villa fan.

Are all the games you mentioned ones that Torres (or Gerrard, or both) didn't play in by any chance? Highest finishing place in the prem for Liverpool and Villa is second.

I ment Birmingham away, the est were started by Gerrard and Torres.

DoLpHiNaToR, Barry's statements are out of character for him, something must have happened between him and O'Neill. I don't believe that Barry would act the way he did without some kind of provocation.

oops, clearly i meant Villa fan

JohnDoe - Now I’m not an expert on buying out of contracts but it’s a lot more complicated than just paying up your contract and joining another club. There are different elements to the compensation,. For example some compensation has to paid with regards to any transfer fee that may have been paid for the player. Which wouldn’t be much in Barry’s case. BUT there are also sanctions as per Article 17(4). Part (iii) is interesting. Article 17(4): IN ADDITION to the obligation to pay compensation, (i) sporting sanction shall be imposed on any club found to be in breach of contract or found to be inducing a breach of contract during the Protected Period; (ii) it shall be presumed, unless established to the contrary, that any club signing a Professional who has terminated his contract without just cause has induced that Professional to commit a breach and (iii) any club found to have induced breach shall be banned from registering any new players, either nationally or internationally, for two Registration Periods. He could terminate his contract and join you next year but unless he shows Sporting Just Cause (Article 15) I don’t think you’d fancy the 2 year transfer embargo?

AVFC4ME - I'm a Villa fan too but lets be honest. Liverpool fans don't expect their team to be fighting to be in the top four. They expect to be in the top four and fighting for the title. Fortunately a lot of fans are deluded (Man City?) and suprises happen.

go MON!!!! I hope we can lead the revolution against the 'big 4' mayeb we should make a breakaway league and leave the 4 of them to it.

haha !!!! nice one.

Lol, a fair point mate. I found it on an Everton forum and found it hilarious. Saw this thread and decided to share it with you Villains

£18 !

Barry and Liverpool are to blame for this mess, let them sweat. The ball after all, is firmly in their court.