On July 6th news broke that Aston Villa had rejected an offer of £15 million for their creative winger Stewart Downing. The English midfielder arrived at Villa Park from Middlesbrough in 2009 for a price of £12 million and with Downing having enjoyed his best season yet in the Premier League the Villans are not keen to let him go for any less than £20 million.
However, with Ashley Young having recently departed Villa Park to join reigning Premier League champions Manchester United, it looks like Aston Villa may not even be willing to accept an offer matching that valuation. This could result in a stand off of sorts between the two clubs; Liverpool want him and Aston Villa want to keep him. But where will Stewart Downing be playing his football next season?
First of all, it is not difficult to see why Aston Villa would want to retain the services of their No. 6; the man was on sparkling form last season. His pace, vision and quick crossing meant he provided great service for his team-mates. Plus with 8 goals of his own last season his finishing is not too shabby either. Downing even scored the last goal of Villa’s Premier League season when he netted against Liverpool (ironically the team he now wants to join) for a 1-0 win.
Villa have already lost one winger to Manchester United and could be in a spot of bother if they sell another. After all, the natural width to their team was a real strength in their 2010-2011 campaign. Certainly striker Darren Bent will not want to see Downing go, as Young did, since the kind of service these two brought from the flanks is what a striker of Bent’s style thrives upon.
However, the word is that the 26 year old Downing has requested a move to Anfield and rejected contract talks with his current club. This is a bad sign for new manager Alex McLeish as he cannot force a player to stay at the club if they do not want to be there. For a start, it would mean that Downing would not play at his best next season and could be disinterested or unmotivated. Downing has already said that Villa’s performance last season was “disappointing” with the Villans finishing ninth and a move to Liverpool, a club whose future looks bright, is obviously appealing to him.
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He decided not to extend his contract a few months ago due to the uncertainty with the manager situation. Liverpool have bid £12m (joke) and £15m (still a joke) for him and trying to unsettle him. He is a 26yr old full England left footed international winger, they paid £35m for donkey Carroll and £20m for an unproven kid ….. King Kenny needs to get a reality check and stump up £24m+ if he is to tempt Randy Lerner to sell, all players have a price, but the offers take the piss. He has 2 years on his current contract, he aint going nowhere unless Liverpool dig deep.
Get him kk
get him… he looks like yossi
Ignore the muppets above and get Juan Mata FFS.
He’s 10 times the player Downing is or will ever be, he’s younger and will not cost that much more than Downing.
Why we are wasting time with Downing is beyond me, he’s average at best!
Lee i agree he’s 10 times the player Downing but the problem is the fitting in part where you get a good player but fails to fit in. Am sure you have seen many of those players at Anfield i mean good but can’t fit in and in K.K’s case he’s trying to create a winning team.
ignore the idiot above !!!! sign lionel messi, he’ll cost more but is better than matta FFS! he wont mind about no champions league football if you pay him 250k a week either !!!!!
wt do u think ?? we are city??? s:
vilaman you are only a selling club now hahahahahahahahhahhahahhahah thats more funny
Downing is half decent but is extremely shy & has a complex about his manhood.
He’s just not all that. He’s a decent player. Certainly above average but £20m? Never.
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Get Bastos, Drenthe and Chissoko.
mata would be better or adam johnson but a left back is badly needed
Juan mata you crazy liverpool scot idiot,dont you know who is skill and got pace.mata is your answer.
Adam j from city will be a cheaper (coz hes not playin) and is a much better option
I agree if its British, then Adam is young, talented, worth the money more then Downing is and will deffo increase in value if hes played to his full potential instead of wasting time on the bench……YNWA
How much did manure pay for Young? cos he’s better than Downer! some clubs are trying it on. NESV aren’t daft go and get better for 20m.
Downing is never worth 20 mil. and no one will pay 20 mil.
N’Zogbia is available for 10 because he is in his last year of contract and in 3 years can still be sold probably for around the same 10 mil if not more. He is not English but has PL experience.
Anyway most fans want Aguerro, Hazard or Mata!
If there is any posibility in getting one of those players Liverpool should look in to that first.
what i like about downing… when he get a ball.. he must bring to 15-25 meters crossing area.. he can run along leftside line and cross.. sometime he look like to cut inside and shoot the ball. but we knows he in pich now.. he just have around 3-4 years only. for the last offer for him.. 18 miilion pound are too much but..3 years service i think not bad…
juan mata >> young and promisses.. 4 years service and bring him around 20 million.
kun aguero >> for first bet.. 22 million.
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jordan henderson >> he`s look like a attacking mid beside gerrard.
Downing just an average winger.
for 20 mils…rather buy Juan Mata.
He’s only worth 15 mils max.
otherwise we can thing of Kun Aguero ,Hazard or Mata. Please spend wisely…