Aston Villa are one of the most successful English teams, though a cursory glance at the Premier League at the moment might show otherwise – they are currently hanging precariously over the drop zone as this is written.
Yet, to their credit, the “Villains”, as they are known, are one of only five English teams to have won the Champions League by winning the old European Cup in 1981–82, and have won the First Division Championship and FA Cup 7 times each.
The club’s last piece of silverware however came in 2001 when they won the Intertoto Cup, and time hasn’t been very good to them since then, particularly this season.
Paul Lambert’s side have shipped an alarming 15 goals in three games – eight of those against Chelsea and a further three and four at the hands of Wigan and Tottenham respectively. These demoralising results have left Villa staring at the prospect of being relegated from the Premier League for the first time.
Lambert spent nearly £23 million last summer on rebuilding the squad after two successive battles against relegation previously, and he might have to do so again in January if he is to stave off the dreaded drop into the Championship.
Here are 5 players he could sign to stay up…
5. Julio Cesar
Julio Cesar made a shock move from Italian giants Inter Milan to Premier League side Queens Park Rangers in August this year, but has only played 11 out of 17 games for the London side so far. He arrived at QPR with a reputation as one of the best goalkeepers in world football having previously been nominated for the 2010 Ballon d’Or and has been capped 64 times by Brazil.
That is why it came as such a surprise that he would wish to trade Inter for QPR, and it is probably highly unlikely that he will want to ply his trade in the Championship next season, should QPR lose their battle to stay up.
A world class keeper like Cesar could prevent Villa from shipping 15 goals in three games in the future.
Source(s): The Independent
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8 Comments
I suggest you pretty much ignore everything you have ever known about football and start again at the beginning.
U obviously havnt watched much of villa this season. Guzan has been our best player this season so we dont actually need a goal keeper we need a centre half a ball winning midfielder who can pass the ball and a creative central midfielder so the players you suggest are a joke if your going to write an article do some research first
Not being rude but there are some none sense written on the net these days..
Julio Cesar.. Bosingwa.. Di Santo.. Those are probably the worst recommendations I’ve ever heard .. Ridiculous!
downing would be a very good loan signing,,, but play him in center mid not wing,,,,
the rest,,,,, nah,,,,
Congratulations this is the worst story I’ve ever read!! Cesar?!! Guzan has been awesome, and without him it could have been far worse!
Boswinga? Why do we need a right back when Lowton has played in every single game!! That’s how highly rated he is!! And for £65k a week Boswinga can stay at QPR with Cesar!!
Di Santo = WTF!!!
I’ll stop there as I could b here all day!
I think some of you are missing the point, it is the experience we need, of course Bosingwa and Cesar are both over paid and under performing. Di Santo however is a good shout, wouldn’t cost the earth and his wages would be reasonable, him and Benteke up front would be a handfull, both big lads with excellent control and movement…..
Downing would be a good signing. But I hope he doesn’t go as I’ve written an article on how he won’t be leaving. Haha
I love the villa but we may need a miracle or the entire Spanish National team to save us….still in Lambert we trust.