Sky Sports News 9.00am A official bid for 6.5 Million has been accepted by Tottenham Hotspur for controversial right back Pascal Chimbonda, This has totally baffled Tottenham fans who were under the impression he was going no where, Pascal Chimbonda is to arrive at Villa Park around noon today for contract negotiations. Sky Sports News 10.00am Official statement from Ron Henderson, He said "I have lodged bids for 7 players I think would offer something to Aston Villa, Ben Foster from Manchester United, Anatoliy Tymoschuk from Shakhtar, Andres D'Alessandro from Wolfsburg, Pascal Chimbonda from Tottenham, Gerard Pique from Manchester United and Nicklas Bendtner from Arsenal." With Aston Villa looking to bulk out there squad there speculation is rife wether the likes of Djemba Djemba, Agathe, Berger, Hendrie, Sutton, Ridgewell and Hughes are to remain at Villa. This has already put teams on the alert with Newcastle looking to bring Hughes back to St. James and Middlesbourgh looking to add Berge and Sutton to there current squad, We will keep you updated through out the day. Sky sports pundits think that Henderson if they aquire the services of Bendtner and Pique to there other upcomming youngsters they will reallu be a team for the future, One player no one knows much about is Tymoschuk, All we know is that he is a Defensive Midfielder and he is Ukraine. Sky Sports News 3.00pm A Bid for Bendtner of 9.5 Million, Foster of 2.7 Million, Tymoschuk of 9.5 Million have been accepted by there respective teams, With so much of the Hendersons transfer budget gone how will get his other signings, this is what we asked Lerner, with a positive responce "Henderson and I have already spoken, and I have assured him I will fund any transfers he wants to make, I am here for the good of Villa, and I am determined with the help of Henderson make this a world class club once again. Other news Pascal Chimbonda has accepted a contract from Aston Villa which is thought to be around £26,000 per week, It is now just a formality with Tottenham expected to finalise the move later today. |