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Rafa: Barry talks on hold
by Ben Blackmore, 08 May 2008

Rafa: Barry talks on hold

Rafa Benitez has shed a rather different light to Martin O’Neill on the Gareth Barry transfer situation, revealing the two managers have agreed to re-open discussions at the end of the season.

O’Neill has cut an angry figure when quizzed about his skipper so far, insisting he has no intention of selling to Liverpool.

The Aston Villa boss accused The Reds of heavily undervaluing Barry, after Liverpool made a player-plus-cash offer believed to be around £10 million.

Benitez remains optimistic on the matter though, revealing he has explained his plans to O’Neill.

The Spaniard intends to get the last game of the season out of the way this weekend and then re-open talks with the Midlands club.

"I have spoken to Martin O'Neill, he knows my ideas,” said Benitez.

"But we agreed to wait until the end of the season for any more discussions."

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scott nicholson - 10 May 2008 13:52: Listen to all you Football Managers out there (and i mean the pc game!). Jesus, btw everyone wants to be a pundit these days. Liverpool are only going to go up. If anythin the yanks will sell to DIC who will help propel us into the top 2 with supporting our manager. Complete joke all these Villa fans btw. Complete Joke. Are you all psychic? weve scored more goals than any other english team this season and weve missed one of our best players in Agger almost all season and still finished top for. Were only 11 points from man utd and weve not had a good season. Imagine when theres no off the field specualtion and we can actually properly focus on the league. Villa will be lucky to make uefa cup next year, they are a team in decline; Report this to a moderator

The Ellk - 09 May 2008 13:28: Leave a young bright team with great owners, where you are top of the tree and can play where you want and where you will play for England and join a team who are 1 place above us in the league and sit on the bench and rot in Rafas rotaion policy, perhaps playing 10 games a season at left back at a club owned by complete morons. Just look at the scouse fans on here, can hardly make a sentence legible as its full of iz and datz. Liverpool are without any silverware this year, club in turmoil, shit owners, shit manager. all they have it torres and gerrard. and when the shit hits the fan, torres will be offski. liverpool will not finish in the top 4 next season.; Report this to a moderator

Hodgey - 09 May 2008 11:16: "...they will never buy proven players EVER, they will never buy class players EVER, they will never spend where they think will help the club EVER.." - will you people never learn? Have you heard of a player called Fernando Torres? Aren't we being linked with Gareth Barry? Isn't he proven class? - Idiot!; Report this to a moderator

erik - 08 May 2008 22:49: barry is gud heard barca will sell giovani dos santos hope rafa get him before manchester city get him; Report this to a moderator

Macca - 08 May 2008 19:04: Gareth Barry you are making a mistake, son - have you seen the players L'pool are being linked to (apart from yourself?) Nobodies. They are a club in decline. They are a club in turmoil. Use your head and see what everyone else outside of Murkeyside can see. They are as desperate as their fans are poor at spelling. (See posts at the top). My advice? Stick with the World's Most Historic Football Club as they embark on a new chapter of glory... or it will all end in tears.; Report this to a moderator

Tom - 08 May 2008 17:54: to be honest i think liverpool are a poor team and their place in the "top four" is severly under threat. period; Report this to a moderator

I DONT THINK BARRY WOULD GET A GAME 4 LIVERPOOL - 08 May 2008 17:53: barry is worth 1/2 a million, he is shite! peter the robot crouch on the other hand, he is the real deal. he is worth 10million easy! alex ferguson is the best manager by far, always buys good players & he makes them into LEGENDS!!!; Report this to a moderator

PiMPEYAZ - E17 - 08 May 2008 17:28: Whats with the unknown player's that no one has ever heard of?trust liverpool to buy on a free all time, they will never buy proven players EVER, they will never buy class players EVER, they will never spend where they think will help the club EVER.. Whos Vorinin??? Whos Degan??? that remind me of somthing i did in the loo in the morning... Liverpool u all need to fix up! or else we aint gona make the top 4 next seasson. Spend money on good well known players & not on unknowns or Bench boys who get paid for doing noting (Harry.k,Crouch,Arbeloa,Itandje,Hyypia, Finnan) Sell up muppit's at the bk, to the DIC. U havent done no work at all on the new ground which u all promised, & good backing to the manager (rafa) Your all liers & cant stick to your own words what a joke you all are to liverpool fan's. Lets see what free ppl u bring in & who u spend ur money on !; Report this to a moderator

Andy - 08 May 2008 17:16: Garath Barry is a good player but i think hes player who needs less talented ones around him to stand out i believe if he goes to one of the top 4 he will struggle and as for Crouch he is deff not worth 15 million hes isnt a player in my views and shouldnt be at a team like liverpool.; Report this to a moderator

PiMPEYAZ - E17 - 08 May 2008 17:13: da way i see it is, sell barry b'cos he aint ever gona win anything at A.villa. 10mil is not a bad price seeing as its from liverpool maybe 12mil sounds right then again hes not kaka. Barrys 27 hes been at Villa much longer then Alex.fergy at Men u, AHEM i ment Man united as there manager. Talking now or talking after 1 game left its still gona be the same convo so why waste time ? Liverpool love to splash the cash, when they want some1 they get them no matter how much the price is ( yh ryt ) with the 2 Chuckle Vision's ( New muppits owners smiley & fatty ) in da bk they aint ever gona get anywhere. They both wasters, They trying to play hard to get they would do really well if one brought out Mcdonalds & another one did somthing with hes Teeth, like in go into advertising Colgate Total. ( greedy round head M&M ) Stop acting like we are chelsea b'cos that day will never come for liverpool...; Report this to a moderator

LB - 08 May 2008 16:57: errol what u smokin I hope Rafa changes his mind look it's all well but if Barry is worth more than 10mil then Crouch is def worth more than 15mil; Report this to a moderator

Hodgey - 08 May 2008 16:36: "...as i believe liverpool are in danger of falling out of the big for to either villa or spurs in the very near future" - that is a joke right? Tell me it's a joke - please?!; Report this to a moderator

Busta - 08 May 2008 16:10: "I have spoken to Martin O'Neill, he knows my ideas,” said Benitez. Benitez' ideas seem to be that Barry is worth £10m and Crouch worth £15m at the moment, I wander if O'Neill told him what he thought of his ideas? "But we agreed to wait until the end of the season for any more discussions." = O'Neill put the phone down.; Report this to a moderator

errol - 08 May 2008 15:59: if garath barry really wants to leave aston villa to win trophies then he should head towards chelsea rather than the most vunarable team currently in the top four, as i believe liverpool are in danger of falling out of the big for to either villa or spurs in the very near future.; Report this to a moderator

Col8 - 08 May 2008 15:27: Money talks If Liverpool want Barry they better be shouting.; Report this to a moderator

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