According to reports today Villa have beaten off Sven Goran Eriksson’s Manchester City for the signing of Liverpool goalkeeper Scott Carson.
Unfortunately the signing of the England U21 star is a one year loan deal, but hey ho, he’s a good keeper!
The deal will apparently cost Villa in the region of £2.5million + the players wages. Not bad business by Liverpool there then!
The Mirror claim that Rick Parry (Anfield’s chief exec) preferred the Villa option because he felt Man City wanted to buy Carson. They further claim ‘O’neill agreed to take Carson under strict orders to return him at the end of the season and make no effort to make the deal permanent.’
Meanwhile the Daily Star claim Villa are set to bid £3million for Bolton keeper Jussi Jaaskelainen. Jussi has just one year left on his contract at Bolton, has refused to sign a new deal and has called the clubs bluff by saying he’ll sit out his final year and leave next summer on a free.
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