KNIGHT JOINS VILLA

zocoss SG

Aston Villa have completed the £3.5million signing of Fulham defender Zat Knight on a four-year deal. Knight signed his contract on Wednesday after both clubs had agreed a fee for the 27-year-old late last night.

Villa boss Martin O'Neill said: "Zat has got a lot of natural talent. I'm hoping that if he performs the way he can perform and has done in the past, we can expect him to be a big asset."

Knight was born in nearby Solihull and is a lifelong Villa fan. In 1999 he moved from his first club Rushall Olympic to Fulham for a 'fee' of 30 tracksuits. Knight only signed a new three-year deal with Fulham in the summer but boss Lawrie Sanchez was prepared to let him move on.

Knight, who made two full England appearances in 2005, will give O'Neill options at centre-back alongside Olof Mellberg, Martin Laursen and Gary Cahill.

Knight could make his debut for Villa against Chelsea this Sunday.

CKeer SG

Knight has the physical presence but needs to work on his pace and positioning. Wink Overall a decent signing. Anyway, if Aaron Hughes return from his injury, I highly doubt that Knight would even play despite being the captain. Laughing

Cheers.
CK

turbo_drift SG

Ok. Someone gonna come in and say, "yay"... Laughing

zocoss SG

Ok since he is absent, i will just say Yay for him... Laughing

The man who was death SG

hughes already went fulham......anyway another signing that's hard to understand from o'neill when u consider hughes went for 1mil and ridge 2mil, he could've just kept one of those two since both are just as good as knight....

i can't believe we're actually being santa claus to fulham.... Confused

CKeer SG

What i meant was if Knight actually chose to stay with Fulham and Sanchez will always play his countrymen ahead of others. Mr. Green
Ridgewell is good. What i dont understand is the fact that O'Neill chose Laursen over him. Confused

Cheers.
CK

The man who was death SG

laursen is really solid...just that he's injury prone....

Båseline SG

Knights scored a own goal against Villa in the last match and he's there, days after the game. Solid. Laughing

dragg SG

knight scored yesterday against chelsea.

that goal alone is enough to repay all the transfer money that villa paid.

well done, villa!!!

well done, o neill!!!!

Very Happy

sand king SG

Laughing

iceFatboy SG

wow, it seems all the new players are scoring on their debuts...

zocoss SG

Actually i wasn't expecting chelsea to lose yesterday... Even when they were 1 - 0 down with 30 mins to go, i stll thought that they would score but Villa really manager to hold out for a win... Martin O'Neill always seen to get one over Jose...

I even saw Roman storms off once the second goal went in... He don't seem happy...

Roman Abramovich's relationship with Jose Mourinho looked under strain again as the Russian stormed from his seat before the end of Chelseas 2-0 loss at Aston Villa last night. The Chelsea owner left the directors' box two minutes from time, apparently disgusted at seeing his side concede Gabriel Agbonlahor's late second goal, which followed a Zat Knight debut opener for the hosts. Abramovich paused only to shake the outstretched hand of former Villa chairman Doug Ellis but hardly broke stride as he headed away ...

zocoss SG

I also saw Drogba tried to get one of the Villa player book or send off (if he already had one yellow) by holding his face when the Villa player didn't even touch him... Did anyone hear what the guy in white suit (on Football channel) said after the match... Laughing

glacer SG

Knight looks like a good buy on his debut Rolling Eyes

zocoss SG

Actually without Carvalho, I thought Terry got found out yesterday… Jose replace Ben Haim with Alex… maybe worse…

sand king SG

Laughing something about him being a cheat