Aston Villa are planning to reinforce their attacking options with a January move for Newcastle striker Michael Owen, according to reports. The Aston Villa manager Martin O’Neill, has been interested in reinforcing his front line for some time, especially in response to his club’s hectic schedule this season.
Currently, O’Neill has only Gabby Agbonlahor, John Carew and Marlon Harewood to call on as first string strikers, with 17-year-old Nathan Delfouneso in reserve.
Although competition for places is at its most healthy since O’Neill arrived at the club in 2006, the manager believes that to stay in competition with the ‘Big Four’ clubs in the second half of the Premier League campaign, and fulfil the club’s Uefa Cup and FA Cup commitments, he will need to bring in support.
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If you say the name of Pelican’s new video real fast it sounds like “Lost in the Head Lice.” Fortunately, they make special shampoos that can kill those nasty little bloodsucking bugs and the eggs they lay in your scalp.
Anyway, here’s what guitarist Laurent Schroeder-Lebec has to say about the new video, which was directed by Kenneth Thomas.
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Al-Fahim’s Abu Dhabi United Group (ADUG) stunned everybody by buying the Brazilian striker Robinho for £32.5 million, snatching him from under the noses of Chelsea.
In doing so they made the Brazilian the fifth most expensive player in football history, and the transfer is the biggest ever involving a Premier League club.
And, incredibly, it won’t stop there. City’s Arab trillionaires have promised to spend huge amounts in order to make City the biggest club in the world - citing a plan that begins with a top four finish this year, the Premier League title next year and Champions League winners the year after.
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Sir Alex Ferguson’s side, who beat Barclays Premier League rivals Chelsea on penalties in the final in Moscow in May, were also joined by Spanish side Villarreal and Danish club Aalborg in Group E.
Celtic met United competitively for the first time in 2006-07, avenging a 3-2 defeat at Old Trafford with a 1-0 victory at Parkhead.
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Despite of loosing Mathieu Flamini, Alexander Hleb and Gilberto Silva, Manager Arsene Wenger has been looking for midfield reinforcements all summer.
Samir Nasri was brought in to replace Hleb, and has proven an instant success, but Arsenal are still in desperate need of greater strength in depth across the middle of the park.
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