Villa join hunt for Utd's Smith
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ASTON VILLA are joining the battle to sign Manchester United striker Alan Smith in January.
Villa boss Martin OÂ’Neill wants the former England star to boost his bid for a European place.
But he faces competition from Middlesbrough, Newcastle and Everton.
Championship clubs Cardiff, Leeds, Sunderland, Ipswich and Birmingham have also made enquiries.
Smith, 26, is on the fringes at United after recovering from a broken ankle. -
I hope Smudge wont leave United.
I admire his strong character and passionate plays.
To Fergie: Give him a chance to redeem himself.
Cheers.
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yeah,
he's a very hardworking player wif no-dying attitude..
tats wad Pool greatly needed.. -
Smith is the man he is very good , hardworking , never give up ....Too .Is a pity if he leaves man i hope no...
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ALAN SMITH has confirmed he will remain at Manchester United in a bid to win back a place in Alex FergusonÂ’s starting line-up.
The former England striker, 26, had been offered the chance to join Championship leaders Cardiff on loan.
His former club Leeds were also interested in signing Smith.
But the playerÂ’s agent Alex Black said: "He wonÂ’t be going anywhere. He wants to stay at Manchester United and he has talked things through with the club and Sir Alex.
"The club has put in place a special training regime for him to get fully fit and then win his place back in the team." -
good to hear that he remains loyal to Man Utd but sad that without his sales Man Utd's transfer kitty will be lesser by a couple of millions..Originally posted by zocoss:ALAN SMITH has confirmed he will remain at Manchester United in a bid to win back a place in Alex FergusonÂ’s starting line-up.
The former England striker, 26, had been offered the chance to join Championship leaders Cardiff on loan.
His former club Leeds were also interested in signing Smith.
But the playerÂ’s agent Alex Black said: "He wonÂ’t be going anywhere. He wants to stay at Manchester United and he has talked things through with the club and Sir Alex.
"The club has put in place a special training regime for him to get fully fit and then win his place back in the team."
he may be having strong character, passionate, never dying plays and super hardworking but guess you guys would have to agreed that he is at best a avg. player base on what Man Utd's standard is, for the betterment of Man Utd so as to close the gap between us and the blues any extra millions gain from the sales of avg players should be blessing... opinion differs thou... -
Seems like he's losing his place at United for good.
Did SAF kill off his once promising career? It all went downhill after Smith was earmarked as successor to Roy Keane.
I always thought Smith was a fox in the box type of striker. -
smith shouldnt have joined man u in the first place.
he is good but not good enough for a club with man u's aspiration.
i feel newcastle is good for him. -
i wouldn't said Man Utd or SAF kill his promising career, but whether he or Man Utd made a right decision in signing him might have been the main thing, rememeber he was already losing ground as a striker and was being used as a right midfielder at the ending part of his Leeds days even thou he was used to formed a great partnership with that Aust striker (kinda forgot at this point in time) initially and also i wouldn't label him a "fox in the box" kinda striker, he is not nibble enough to be rated as that.Originally posted by RSP:Seems like he's losing his place at United for good.
Did SAF kill off his once promising career? It all went downhill after Smith was earmarked as successor to Roy Keane. I always thought Smith was a fox in the box type of striker.
i may be wrong here, but i kinda agreed with SAF when he decided to make him a DM with his never said die, never sian in a tackle and his super agressive natural it does seems to me to be a logic choice, furthermore he wasn't going anywhere being a striker or a right midfielder in Man Utd, cos with players like Ronaldo on the right, Ronney, Ruud and Saha completing the 2 starting place as a striker his future does seems dim unless something is being done to his position, however even thou it might have been a great idea and logic choice but sometimes great idea or logic choice doesn't equal to correct and sucessful as far as football or any other sports are concern... -
I kinda feel that Smudger shld continue to work on being a midfielder. He started as a striker no doubt, but he has qualities that'll make him better suited as a DMF for united.
With united's playing style, Smithy's striking style does seem a bit off. Still, with United's current lack of strikers, i do wonder why SAF doesn't play him at all. Oh well, we'll just hv to wait and see. -
i keep thinking fergie is training him secretly to be back to himself again
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Ferguson has been keen to stress Larsson's arrival does not mark the end of Alan Smith's stay at Old Trafford, even though the £6million former Leeds front-man has not even been seen on the bench since being substituted in the Carling Cup defeat to Southend.
"Alan's future with the club is good," declared Ferguson.
"The problem was we misread the situation when he came back from his injury.
"He did very well in pre-season but after that, there was no progress and we didn't really realise it until we saw him play against Crewe and Southend.
"Now we have got him on a quite intensive speed programme and he is working very hard at that. He knows there is a lot of hard work to do but he is progressing well." -
pls dont sell him leh.. im an admirer of his hunger and work rate..