Wright-Phillips snub for Villa as O'Neill turns next to
Bellamy
Aston Villa will become the latest club to be turned down by Shaun
Wright-Phillips. Martin O'Neill, the Villa manager, is keen to sign
the Chelsea midfielder either on loan or permanently but the
24-year-old is understood to be reluctant to join the Midlands
club. With West Ham's advances spurned and a return to Manchester
City rejected, it is now likely to take an offer from Newcastle to
convince Wright-Phillips to leave Stamford Bridge before the
summer.
O'Neill has not given up on Wright-Phillips but the Villa manager
is already turning his attention elsewhere, with Watford's Ashley
Young high on a list that also includes Liverpool's Craig Bellamy
and Tottenham's Robbie Keane. Those players will not come cheap but
the Villa manager yesterday provided an indication of the
considerable transfer funds at his disposal when he spoke about the
possibility of signing up to "five players of the quality of
Stilian Petrov".
O'Neill would increase his transfer kitty further by selling Milan
Baros, and the Villa manager has been in discussions with the Czech
Republic striker's agent this week about finding another club for
the £7m signing.
It seems like swp is rather happy to be
sitting on the bench and collecting his $70,000 weekly salary...
Like what Duff said before he left, some people don't mind sitting
around just to collect their salary but its not for
him.
