Hesky off to Villa for 4 million pounds?

http://fourfourtwo.com/news/england/23772/default.aspx

Aston Villa are believed to have agreed a £4 million fee with Wigan Athletic for striker Emile Heskey.

The England forward's future at the JJB Stadium has been the subject of continued speculation for several months, with the Latics in danger of losing the forward for nothing when his contract expires at the end of the season.

Heskey's former club Liverpool had been linked with striker, who has scored 16 Premier League goals for Wigan since joining in July 2006.
However, it appears Villa - currently occupying a Champions League place - have won the race for his signature, reuniting him with Martin O'Neill, who he played under at Leicester City.
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Did he not sign a pre-contract with LFC for the summer?

Obviously not - shouldn't believe everything you read in the papers

Amount of sleep Ill lose if we dont get him = zero

Precisely. I'm glad Villa are gonna get him.

Villa sign England striker Heskey

Aston Villa have completed the signing of England striker Emile Heskey for £3.5m from Wigan.

Talks between the two clubs began on Thursday and the 31-year-old passed a medical before signing a three-and-a-half year deal with Villa.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/a/aston_villa/7846748.stm
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Didn't really want him anyway.

Wigan could well be in sh*t street now, selling off arguably two of their best players in Palacios and Heskey. Suppose they've still got Valencia and Zaki, for now anyway. I think Wigan knew this was coming, hence the signing of that Colombian forward they've just got/about to get... something like Hugo Rodagella?

So glad we didn't re-sign him. Not the way forward for us.

if he wasnt good enough for us in the past,he wont be good enough for us now,am happy he is going to villa !

Well I did'nt expect him to be going to Villa, I didn't even know they were interested in him.

Good Luck to him, nice guy Heskey, but not good enough for Liverpool, those days are gone.

He is a good player, but could improve aspects of his game...they made a good deal.

I agree with most people on here - I don't think he has the standard to play for Liverpool, and I'm relieved to hear he's signed for another club TBH.

I don't think £4 million players are the way to win the Premiership - if anything, I would prefer us either to buy very few players, but of the highest quality, or put those kinds of amounts into young talent who have the ability to develop into the best.

http://www.birminghammail.net/birmingham-sport/aston-villa-fc/aston-villa-news/2009/01/24/revealed-how-emile-heskey-snubbed-liverpool-for-aston-villa-97319-22766656/

Revealed: How Emile Heskey snubbed Liverpool for Aston Villa

MARTIN O’Neill has hinted that Emile Heskey snubbed Liverpool in favour of a move to Villa to boost his England World Cup dream.

The Villa boss was finally reunited with his former Leicester prodigy last night when Heskey agreed a £3.5million switch from Wigan.

O’Neill suggested the prospect of regular football and security of a three-and-a-half-year deal probably swung it in Villa’s favour.

Heskey was widely expected to see out his contract at the JJB Stadium and join Liverpool on a free transfer in the summer.

But O’Neill knew Villa could hijack the deal because football’s rules prevent pre-contract agreements being made between two clubs in the same country.

And the Irishman wore a wry smile while denying that beating fierce rival Rafa Benitez to the 31-year-old’s signature gave him any added satisfaction. “I’m sure that Emile has a driving ambition to be in that England party and be on that plane to go to South Africa next year and I think this is his chance,” said O’Neill.

“Eventually things might not work out, but at this minute it feels really good because I think he’ll be great for us.

“If Liverpool were one of the teams he might look and see they are not playing a £20million player every single week.

“They’ve got Fernando Torres, who’s one of the best players in world football, and they’re able to change things round.
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Martin O'Neal talking at  RAFA and the  KEANE Deal? Sound like a taunt.