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Rafael Benitez has hinted that Gareth Barry is still a transfer target for Liverpool Football Club. He said; “The situation is not a question of money,” following reports that Villa’s £18 million asking price was over the top.

“He is English and can play three different positions, but I am talking about someone who can play on the left.”

“I am talking about one player, but I won’t say the name.”

“We have a good player in Alonso and we have another good player coming in soon.”

“We can improve the squad, so we will try to do that. We will bring in one more player if we can.”

“I do not know when but clearly we have problems on the left, Kewell has gone, Aurelio is injured and Leto cannot get a work permit.”

“Babel is away in the Olympic Games. Maybe he can come back and fill that role, but I know we can improve in this area.”

“Who comes in? It could be another left-sided player rather than a central midfielder.”

“Maybe he can play in three different positions, that is a positive thing. I am talking about one player, but I won’t say the name.”

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Dispite all the reports of Liverpool having missed the deadline for securing Gareth Barry’s services from Aston Villa, the proposed transfer could still go ahead.

The fact of the matter is that we’re still keen to sign Barry and Barry is still keen on joining Liverpool football club. One thing Gareth Barry could still do is submit a formal transfer request to Villa. This would of course mean that he misses out on a loyaty bonus payout from Villa but if you ask me so what!?

Why does Barry really need another wedge of cash on top of the £30 - £70,000 a week he’s already earning? OK, it would be nice and if anyone offers you essentially ‘free’ cash you be stupid not to take it. But when you’re earning the kind of money a Premiership footballer earns, why sacrifice your happiness and playing for a team you know is going somewhere and will win silverware, for a few extra quid? I just don’t get it…

To be honest if Villa fans start to turn against Barry, if he’s still With Villa at the start of the new season then I can’t blame them. Barry should have put in a transfer request the first time his proposed move to join us fell through. I don’t pretend to know the ins and outs of player transfers, but it just seems that footballers and their agents make lives complicated for each other, and more often than not it’s because someone is trying to make a few extra thousand somewhere along the line.

Everyone involved in Premiership football is making more than enough money to survive and perhaps these players and their agents should try working the 9 to 5, 40 hour week like the fans - see how they like it then!

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