Off to Bursaspor for two years rather than Burnley or Sheff Utd apparently.
They just pipped Fenerbache to win the Turkish league.
Best of luck Marlinho you were never Villa quality but you always tried your hardest.
It's good that he has decided to try his luck in a strange place.
There seems to be a lot of limited players moving there. One or two SPL players have gone and Boyd is looking likely to move to Kaiserspor. Makes Vasseline a trailblazer!
Good luck Marlon. Chose the option to compete in the Champions League rather than take the money he could've made in America or an Arab country.
Hope he does well.
Mirror LinkyMarlon Harewood has been offered a lucrative two-year deal by the new Turkish champions Bursaspor.
The 30-year-old is out of contract at Villa Park after joining in July 2007 from West Ham in a £4million deal and is available on a Bosman free.
Villa have not offered the forward a new contract as they want his £27,500-a-week salary off their wage bill.
But he is attracting plenty of interest from Championship sides and has received firm offers from Bursaspor and DC United.
Bursaspor have just beaten Fenerbahce to the Turkish title and will be playing in the Champions League next season. MLS side DC United, meanwhile, are in a position to offer Harewood a decent salary.
We paid him WHAT per week?
Wonder if he'll get the same type of welcoming ceremony/burning chicken ritual that poor Darius ''enjoyed''.
Actually, the adventures of Marlon and Vass in Turkey is really something that HBO should be picking up.
£27,500 a WEEK? Good luck, Marlon F. Harewood. I genuinely wish you well.
I thought we where paying him more than that to be honest - good luck Marlon
Good luck to him, he's going to need it.
He truly was the T-Rex of our hearts
One of the few Champions League- quality players we had and we let him go? Talk about lack of ambition (winky effort).
He was a complete waste of money and the wages he was on are ridiculous.
Paying players of that kind of talent, those kind of wages will lead to ruin.
No need to be bitter. Never said a bad word about the club. Gave his all when he played. Just didn't have the quality or consistency required at a club of our level. Would have been perfectly adequate for a club in the lower half of the PL. I hope he does well at his new team.
Fair play to the bloke.
Wonder if he'll have anything to say on his way out?