he is nowhere near as good as either of those two players, Barry in particular. he's worth 8m though all day long. he's ten times the player rodwell is so worth a punt.I think he could surprise a few on here. Gareth Barry was a regular starter, as was James Milner in the last season. Both were fan favourites, underestimated by opposition supporters. There is a place for him in the team, maybe rotating with Fernando. Villa's midfield dominated ours for a good while during the last game at the Etihad, they had more possession than we did. I don't follow Aston Villa much, but he has impressed when I have watched England.
is he is coming surely this is the end for fernando??? if we're getting pogba as well then 5 Cm/DM is going to be to many at least 2 of them will not even make the bench....
he is nowhere near as good as either of those two players, Barry in particular. he's worth 8m though all day long. he's ten times the player rodwell is so worth a punt.
I reckon Fernandinho is off to Valencia :(
He's a far better option in the centre of midfield than Milner, who was poor every time he played there for us.
Delph could turn out to be a great signing. Great stamina and far better going forward than people realise, just that he hasn't had much chance to show it at Villa. He will raise his game when he joins us.
It's a totally different proposition than Rodwell/Sinclair were as he's an established international. I could see him jumping ahead of Fernando as a midfield option and starting quite a few games in the PL.
This is an absolute steal at the money being quoted.
unless a carling cup game he'll get nowhere near our centre mid.
Why? It would make no sense from our point of view, he was our best centre mid last season.