Villa Should Clear Up Petrov Rumour

I know the club can’t come out with statements over all the newspaper reports and speculation that appears about Aston Villa, but I do think with the growing rumours that all is not well with Stiliyan Petrov, it wouldn’t hurt for the player himself or someone from the club to give us some clarification.

Are the newspaper reports, mostly in Scotland, true, that Petrov has asked to leave and wants to return to Celtic? My guess is they probably aren’t because under Fifa rules a player can’t return to a club he has left within twelve months without permission but why have the whispers that the Bulgarian is unhappy increased so much recently?

So come on Villa, lets get a statement out and clear these reports up, is Petrov injured, unhappy, both or neither!!!!?

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