Aston Villa are in talks with West Ham United striker Marlon Harewood.
The former Nottingham Forest player held talks with Wigan Athletic over the weekend and was expected to sign early this week, but Villa’s interest has changed all of this.
Martin O’Neill has agreed a fee with the Hammers and Harewood’s agent Mick McGuire has confirmed that Villa are in talks.
Liverpool have slapped a £20million price tag on lanky striker Peter Crouch to warn off interest from Manchester City, Newcastle and Aston Villa.
Rafa Benitez wants to rotate Crouch with Fernando Torres, Ryan Babel or Andriy Voronin this season. The England international has been offered a new deal, but is reluctant to sign until he sees how he fits into Rafa’s plans.
Tottenham Hotspur stopper Anthony Gardner has become the subject of a tug of war between Aston Villa and Manchester City.
Sven Goran-Eriksson is know to be a big admirer of the defender nicknamed ‘Snoop’, and won an England cap during the Swede’s tenure as boss of the England national side.
Aston Villa are today being linked with a move, once again for Spurs striker Jermain Defoe.
The former West Ham man needs regular first team football and it doesn’t look like he’ll be getting that at White Hart Lane next season due to the abundance of striking talent available to Martin Jol.
He recently signed Darren Bent from Charlton for around £16million and already has Robbie Keane and Dimitar Berbatov, who both struck up a good partnership last season.
