Villa fan here.....
If you are going to buy him (obviously hope you don't) he works best quite easily from central areas. He's got a great footballing brain, can score goals aswell as very clever passes. He's got a terrific engine and can also play a number of positions. I think his creative side of his game is often not seen at Villa, our midfield Young, Downing, Petrov, Milner are all very clever players but our strikers, all of them really, well aren't the brightest or have the greatest movement which means often there isn't a little creative ball on. However there have been 5/6 passes, he's made for goals with a clever 10/15 yard pass through a defence to open them up so in a team with players such as Tevez, he'd probably grow even more as a player.
Saying that, he's a dedicated player who loves his football, he moved here because of our stability and the fact he loves to play, he doesn't have an agent so money I don't think is top of his list of wants. I don't think he will leave. O'Neill would want I'd say £28+ million just like we did for Ashley Young last year, so I can't see it happening. That said, me personally, I wouldn't sell for £30 million cash. However say Richards/Onouha and Ireland + £10-15 Million, i'd take that. A straight forward replacement in Ireland would be very important if there is a deal in my opinion.
Thanks.
