He's over the hill and I don't think he'll be up for the physical demands of the PL.
He'll be another Morinetes for us. And for top money.
No thanks.
Except that he's quicker and a far superior goal scorer than Morientes.
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He still got 15 goals last season..
That would be a bargain for 15M Euros....
Morientes #2 my arse
Its more the 7 million a season in wages that would worry me, there is no way he would sign a one year deal so we would be stuck paying him a fortune for the next 2 or 3 seasons as he eases himself into retirement
Carles Puyol has reportedly told a Brazilian journalist that he believes David Villa is leaving Barcelona this summer.
The striker is about to enter the final year of his contract at Camp Nou and has been linked with a move out of the club for the past few months.
In conversation with a Brazilian journalist, who did not identify his profession to the player, Puyol reportedly admitted that the 31-year-old is leaving.
The exchange below began with discussing where new signing Neymar would fit in at the club.
“On the left wing, as he played at Santos,” Puyol commented.
“And who would play on the right?” asked the reporter Fabio Sormani.
“Pedro or Sanchez.”
“And Villa, is he leaving?”
“Yeah, but I do not know where he is going to.”
Sormani also posted on his Twitter account a picture of himself with Puyol at the alleged chance encounter.
Should David Villa stay at Barcelona for the final year of his contract, a clause will reportedly dictate that he will become the club’s second highest paid player.
The striker is seen as a transfer target of a number of clubs this summer, with Atletico Madrid said to be up against Tottenham Hotspur and Arsenal in competing for the 31-year-old’s signature.
However, whilst the player is seen as keen to leave, his wages are reportedly a barrier for interested parties, as is Tito Vilanova’s reported desire to still convince the No 7 to stay on for next term.
Barcelona, though, are believed eager to either sell the player for a fee of around €15m, or sign him to a new contract.
Whilst this choice is believed set by the club’s ambition to either cash in on the star now or ensure that they at least do not lose him on a free transfer next summer, Marca suggest that another motivation is prevalant.
Villa’s four-year contract signed with the club in the summer of 2010 reportedly held a clause that for the final year, his wage would rise from its usual €7.5m rate up to €11m.
This amount would place the player as second highest on the club’s payroll next season.