Derby County News 24/7Writer: Peter Simcox 
Date:Tuesday January 8 2008
Time: 12:36PM
UK time is: 15:34:37
Choose your club
Other Sites
Network Navigation
Vital Partners
'If It's Football, It's Vital'
United and Villa in Barnes switch
United and Villa in Barnes switch
The January transfer window has only just opened but the Rams have been busy strengthening their squad. Young Rams midfielder Giles Barnes has been linked to a number of clubs including West Ham, Spurs and Aston Villa, and it`s reported he could be involved in a transfer triangle with Manchester United and Aston Villa.
Villa boss Martin O`Neil is a huge fan of the 19-year-old and he is still monitoring the Pride Park teenager, and he would be a perfect replacement if Gabriel Agbonlahor, who has been rumoured to be a target of Sir Alex Ferguson at Manchester United, leaves.
Paul Jewell would be reluctant to sell his young prized asset, who has been tipped to be a big star of the future, but he has said if the price is right for Derby County he will not stand in his way.
Barnes does fit the mould of a typical O'Neill target, and the Irishman has assembled an impressive array of young talent at the club and has developed the likes of Ashley Young, Agbonlahor and Craig Gardner, and Barnes would fit in at Villa Park.
Villa, who were linked with the Barking-born star last season, are yet to make an official approach for him and they will face stiff competition for his signature.
It seems Manchester United is contemplating a move for Villa Under-21 international, Agbonlahor, and if this happens Barnes will be off to Villa Park.
Agbonlahor has a contract at Villa until 2011, but it`s expected that a bid of around £15m would test Villa`s resolve - with the Rams looking at £6m for Barnes.
Vital F1 Prediction League - Join now for Monaco
Your Comments
I just keep imagining how good Barnes and Huddlestone would have been in the Premiership for you guys.
Who's the next Derby player to come through?
Candid NCFC
There would be uproar if Gabby was sold to United.
mackaavfc
gabby wont be sold, its pure speculation. we are no longer a selling as we simply dont need the money. but if fergie would be prepared to part with £25m that would soften the blow. Anyway, how good is giles Barnes, I have to admit I havent seen alot of him, could he make it at the top level, what is his attitude like?
Stig
sorry, i meant......''we are no longer a selling CLUB as we simply....''
Stig
Its funny these rumours about gabby. If he leaves it won't be for at least 2 seasons. Its probably a rumour from tha tribal football site, maybe even sportingo. Anyway I'd have barnes off you anyday, hopefully we can sort something out. I'm sure you'd get a bit of money for him as he looks promising.
UTV
PTP
Sorry, but Gabby is going nowhere
kentvilla
How good is he?
villavillavilla
The only place Gabby is going, is to the very top with the midlands finest. He's a Villan thru and thru, one of us.
glensider
Have Your Say
Recent Articles
Trio Named In Squad (Wednesday May 15 2013)
Clough Wants Bryson Deal (Wednesday May 15 2013)
Open To Offers (Sunday May 12 2013)
Davies Signs On For One More Year (Sunday May 12 2013)
Martin Makes Two (Friday May 10 2013)
Grant On His Way Back (Wednesday May 8 2013)
Roberts Says Goodbye (Sunday May 5 2013)
Sammon For The Win (Sunday May 5 2013)
Stats: Derby County v Millwall (Sunday May 5 2013)
Awards For Duo (Friday May 3 2013)
Archived Articles
Vital Members League (view all)
| 1. | diddyram | 1 |
League Results (view all)
| Latest Results | ||||
| Derby County | 1 | - | 0 | Millwall |
| Blackpool | 2 | - | 1 | Derby County |
| Derby County | 3 | - | 1 | Peterborough |
| Barnsley | 1 | - | 1 | Derby County |
| Blackburn | 2 | - | 0 | Derby County |
| Derby County | 0 | - | 1 | Ipswich |
League Table (view table)
| Team | P | W | D | L | GD | Pts |
| 7. Bolton | 46 | 18 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 68 |
| 8. Forest | 46 | 17 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 67 |
| 9. Charlton | 46 | 17 | 14 | 15 | 6 | 65 |
| 10. Derby County | 46 | 16 | 13 | 17 | 3 | 61 |
| 11. Burnley | 46 | 16 | 13 | 17 | 2 | 61 |
| 12. Birmingham | 46 | 15 | 16 | 15 | -6 | 61 |
| 13. Leeds Utd | 46 | 17 | 10 | 19 | -9 | 61 |
Breaking League News
| Huddersfield Striker To Reunite With Lee Clark
» Birmingham : 22/05/2013 15:14:00
|
| The Posh Weekly - 22-May-2013
» Peterborough : 22/05/2013 15:00:00
|
| Steve Davis leads cue for Wolves job
» Wolves : 22/05/2013 14:51:00
|
| Barnsley Boss Worried About Steele
» Barnsley : 22/05/2013 13:41:00
|
| Jara Now Available For Free
» Forest : 22/05/2013 12:17:00
|
| VIDEO'S: Palace Play-Off News
» Crystal Palace : 22/05/2013 11:29:00
|
| Everton and Villa Looking at Ipswich's Cresswell
» Ipswich : 22/05/2013 11:23:00
|
Current Site Poll (view all polls)
|
|
2 © - All content copyright Vital Network Ltd, not to be reproduced without explicit permission Copyright Issues
Cookie Policy
At Vital Football, we along with most other modern websites use small files called 'cookies' to create the most secure, effective and functional website possible for our users. Without these files our business model, based on advertising, breaks down and we would be unable to continue to provide the services that you are here to utilise. By continuing to use this website after seeing this message, you consent to our use of cookies on this device unless you have disabled them. For full details please read our Cookie Policy which can be found here. However, if you would like to disable cookies on this device, please view our Cookie Policy which contains an opt-out tool for disabling advertising cookies. Please also visit our information pages on 'How to manage cookies' if you would also like to block all other types of cookies. Please be aware that parts of this site will not function correctly if you disable cookies.