Masterclass in how to handle an unsettled player - Aston Villa

how they handled Gareth Barry. Martin O'Neill handled it brilliantly and got the result he wanted even tho Barry waned away for more money.

Shame some folk didnt pay attention

 

He wanted to let him go until the liverpool board pulled the funds from under rafas feet because they couldent sell xabi alonso.

 

Barry couldn't sign a pre-contract agreement in January and go for nowt in summer though....

We win Saturday - good for us for league, Davey keeps job for longer but Howard doesn't hang on much longer
Lose - bad for us all, Davey possibly out and Howard may just see what happens over international break

 

They were trying to make that point on Match of the Day

and comparing it with Berbatov and Tottenham. I just thought, if Liverpool had come up with their asking price he would have gone, but the money wasn't enough, so he stayed.</p>

The difference being if Man U hadn't come up with the cash and Berbatov was stranded at the Lane he would have sulked forever more, and Barry just knuckled down and showed himself to be a professional.</p>

 

Hold on a moment, come January, he's a free agent effectivly, so the 18m they were going to pay becomes 2.5m extra on top in wages over 4 year contract, saves Liverpool 8m, extra 50k a week to Barry on top of what they were offering = he'll be gone by summer!