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NEWSFLASH - Heskey Bid Accepted UPDATED
Newsflash - Heskey Bid Accepted
Sky Sports News are reporting that Aston Villa have had a £4million bid for Wigan striker Emile Heskey accepted.
The deal is said to be for £80 000 a week.
Nice work if you can get it. Sadly I can't...!
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Villa have confirmed they are in talks with Heskey over a £3.5million move.
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£80k a week for this chump who spends most of his time rolling around on the floor rather than scoring goals?!! He's no John Carew. But it looks as if he's going to be replacing him!
leelindsay
He will not be on 80 grand a week i can tell you that,Ashley young will remain our top earner for obvious reasons.Great signing just what we need.
lerneravfc
feed the hesk, feed the hesk............
Stig
Oh god no...
olofthegreat
£80k a week, thats a joke, yeah!!??
pjvilla
This might be a bit premature - but welcome Emile... May the "Fourth" be with you....
bazzah
I read somewhere that ash is on £56ka week. Surely O'Neill wouldn't risk dressing room unrest by giving Heskey £80k a week? Hopefully it's false and if so I think it's a great signing- we're going to have about 6 or 7 in the next england team!
stpaulmcgrath
Its bollox for sure, if he didn't want to give Diarra 70k a week he's not going to go further for a much older and injury prone striker who is guaranteed to spend at least 5 games in the hospital each year.
PTP
the mighty heskey hasnt even pulled on a shirt for us yet - lets give him a chance. MON knows all about this man and was responsible for launching his career. I would love to know what Michael Own thinks of him coming to us!?!?!?!?!?!?
Stig
Owen's coming, I've got a bet on him scoring 5 goals for Villa by the end of the season.
PTP
like i said in the january thread, I think he's what we need right now. Big John is never fit these days, even when he plays, and whilst Heskey doesn't score much, he does an awful lot else that we've been lacking since big John's "Back injury"
The Usual Suspect
PTP you bet Owen will score 5 goals or Heskey? If Heskey signs and we get another like Bent shortly after I guess it wont be a disaster. Still a massive waste of money though. We can always play him in the unimportant/easy games like Donny i guess give Gabby a break.
Tez86
Yeah cause Heskey is only played in the easy England games too.
The Usual Suspect
I bet Owen would score 5, its gonna happen
PTP
Laursen is out for 2 months after his knee op! Not the best place to stick this comment I know but *****!
Tez86
Not a Heskey fan to be honest. Another experienced bod though to battle for a starting place. As long as he doesn't embarass us by falling like he has been shot every time a defender breathes on him!! UTV
DoLpHiNaToR
is he cup tied?
Upthevilla_83
no, he hasn't played in the FA Cup this year upthevilla_83, so isn't cup tied.
The Fear
The wages must be a total guess - how would journalists know this before he has even signed a contract
Nimmo
I think this is a good signing for Villa, will fit in nicely. Good luck Emile. UTV
Mutley73
OS says 3.5 mil. NO way its 80K, maybe if he was on a free but it would surely upset half the camp if true.
Villan444
I Heard from a source that its a deal worth 50k not 80k
Astonian Villan
its not going to be 80k, MON is a frugal and dont you think it would upset the balance of the team? MON thinks about all sides of a problem and this is again another stroke of Genius, 3.5 mil we get a proven England team player. GB will be very happy (and I heard that from my doormans freind who knows Gareths moms!)
NY Villa
Could be the link we are missing.Owen said he is the best partner he has played with,given his power and pace(Anyone remember England 5-Germany 1).He wins everything in the air,and can run the channels,yes he does go down....and long may it continue as long as we are getting free kicks out of it.Oh and he can play in the FA Cup and Europe...where his experience will be vital.Keep em comin MON...this could be the best season in a long time!! Up the Villa
OneloveVilla
good news, now bring on wembley, istanbul and the champions league!!!!
Upthevilla_83
I think this is a shrewd signing. Yes, he's injury prone, but so is Carew it would seem. With any luck, at least one of them will be fit at any given time. I also think he's as a good a player now as he's ever been. Two or three years ago and I wouldn't be as positive about this move.
Cropley
It seems since he moved to Wigan (and I hate to say this) Bruce got him playing to his best, I have never ever been his greatest fan but we do need another powerful forward.
Now lets take a gamble and go for owen?
Upthevilla_83
Well Harewood will be off for around £3 mill so we will get out money back for Emile. Hey, this is a great signing. What's going to keep us at the top? Goals. That's what.
PiperUK
Same old O,NEIL signing the guy cant get out of the comfort zone
one match ban
At first I wasn't happy about signing Heskey, but having thought about it I reckon MON will bring the best out of him. Arguably, the most fruitful period of Emile's career has been under O'Neill. MON sold him to Liverpool for £11M about 9 years ago! Yes he's got older, but we should give the guy a chance. At least 3 or 4 matches I think, he may bring the best out in Gabby and Milner?? And if it doesn't work out . . . we'll have the satisfaction of knowing Liverpool wanted him and he came to the Villa. We can't lose on this one!
Villan-in-Cyprus
It's official. Heskey is a Villain.
UpTheHolte
Yup. On the OS. Will he get a game tomorrow? What do ya reckon?
DoLpHiNaToR
Well im far from happy with the signing but we will see how he does. I will try and support aslong as his has our badge in his chest.
Tez86
Let's not write Heskey off before he has even put on a claret and blue shirt! I hope MON & and the team can get the best out of him.
SuperTommyJohnson
I just worry his best is not good enough. Never mind lets grab Bent and then we have 3 different options, 4 when Carew is back, I will be much happier with our striking options once we get a more potent goal scorer.
Tez86
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