Like a man running for a bus and missing it, Aston Villa boss Paul Lambert is doing a good impression of pretending he never wanted Clint Dempsey in the first place. Lambert insists he has faith in hungry and young players from lower divisions to revive the club's fortunes. Lambert said: "It is my decision. Football decisions are mine and I will take responsibility on everything. I know from experience if you don't have the hunger as a footballer, then there is no point in playing the game. With people from the lower leagues, you are giving people opportunities. I have total confidence in them to go and do the business. You trust them to go and do it and they are hungry to do it.
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European football expert Andy Brassell: "Porto currently keeping schtum on reports of an impending deal for Joao Moutinho - in fact, they've named a 19-man squad for tomorrow's game at Olhanense a short while ago and the midfielder is in it, along with Hulk. Portugal defender Rolando, who the club are keen to sell, is not involved. Given Zenit St Petersburg's reported interest in Hulk (and, latterly, Moutinho), it's worth remembering that the transfer deadline in the Russian Premier League doesn't close until midnight on Thursday
Thoughh we all know he is on his way.
Got to give credit to AVB trying to build his own team instead of leeching of Arry's.
Ivan Gazidis been seen doing fuck all, more on this soon...
Moutinho looked a class player in the Euros. Think the spuds have got an upgrade for Modric.
I wonder when (if ever) we'll spend £20m+ on a player. I'm not saying top players have to cost £20m (Cazorla is a £20m+ player) but if you want guarantees (or as close as) you do generally need to spend big.
I don't think Moutinho is as good as Modric but he is very good. He'd walk into our team.
I'm just glad AVB is the Spurs manager or I might be worried about them.