Joleon Lescott - GONE

[A Northern Soul]

Looking at the names and state of Sunderland's defence today I expect Moyes to come back in for him (and/or Richards) this week. Which is quite bizarre as it is easier to get to Glasgow than Sunderland from Manchester

[anton hillman]

He has his family to consider. Moving to Glasgow, even for a year is a huge wrench. I don't really blame him for not going and I'm sure this isn't just to do with greed. I'd like him gone, off the books as soon as, but he also has to do the right thing for him.  The best way of avoiding fuck ups like Lescott is not to sign them in the first place.  It was a stupid signing, his legs had already started to go, despite him being poty for the Albion.

Sorry, that's bollocks.

Back in the real world there are 10s of thousands of people who live away from home for vast stretches of time with limited time at home and that's without taking into account service men and women.

If he wanted it he'd have gone. This is exclusively about Rangers not being able to beat the £25k per week he's extracting from us.

Villa in Denmark I agree absolutely. Glasgow is not a million miles from the Mancunian millionaire belt where he lives. If he was unwilling to spend a few hours a day in his supercar travelling to training then no great hardship to put up in a five star hotel for a few nights each week. This was all about his delusional belief that he is still worth big bucks wages.

[Ads]

It's not a million miles buts still 2 hours and a bit to the border and that's even with picking your own speed for large parts.

With traffic it's another hour on to Weegie Land. Close to 5 hours in a car every day? It's a pretty run I suppose.

[kippaxvilla2]

It's 213.5 miles from Manchester to Celtic.  It's not a commute I'd particularly relish every day.

[Sexual Ealing]

Yeah but much closer to Rangers though, I'd imagine.

[OCD]

Going by Xia's comments, Lescott was originally promised something that was later withdrawn. Perhaps he was originally given permission to commute before they later told him he would have to move up there? Without knowing the facts, that's as reasonable as anything. I'm sure his phone will tweet us as to what happened at some point.

[anton hillman]

Can't be that easy driving up and down the M6 for him to attend training at Bodymoor Heath given the mega road works currently in progress. The M6 north of Manchester to the Scottish border is nowhere near as congested. A five hour round trip in whatever top range car he drives plus three hours training. A fairly easy eight hour day from my perspective. Doable for 25K a week, I reckon, if he could put aside his sense of entitlement.

[Toronto Villa]

And Xia and RDM said he couldn't agree personal terms which is incredibly broad. All they did was sent it as that he failed a medical. I don't know why Rangers are getting so worked up over it.

[Gareth]

Mail are saying if he is still here come Sept 1st the club will consider paying off his contract.

If that happens with Lescott or any of the useless cowards still lingering from last season it's as bad as anything Lerner ever did.  If he gets the next years money and then scores a contract elsewhere for the same period that is sickening and is rewarding mediocrity and abject failure.

If he and 'his team' don't find him a club by Sept 1st then the simple answer is he stays and is called for training at a different time to first team....it's a squad game & he will simply be a member of the squad that never plays.

These players have taken the piss out of Aston Villa once with their performances (or lack of), don't let them do it again...

The club control the players destiny by virtue of a contract, something we are obligated by and should meet those minimum terms...it is up to the players whether they want to play or are happy to milk the gravy train.

[aldridgeboy]

Mail are saying if he is still here come Sept 1st the club will consider paying off his contract.

If that happens with Lescott or any of the useless cowards still lingering from last season it's as bad as anything Lerner ever did.  If he gets the next years money and then scores a contract elsewhere for the same period that is sickening and is rewarding mediocrity and abject failure.

If he and 'his team' don't find him a club by Sept 1st then the simple answer is he stays and is called for training at a different time to first team....it's a squad game & he will simply be a member of the squad that never plays.

These players have taken the piss out of Aston Villa once with their performances (or lack of), don't let them do it again...

The club control the players destiny by virtue of a contract, something we are obligated by and should meet those minimum terms...it is up to the players whether they want to play or are happy to milk the gravy train.

Totally agree. If we're to pay him the next years wages, let him come in every day and train on his own. Then let's see if he can't agree " personal terms" in January with someone

[adrenachrome]

And Xia and RDM said he couldn't agree personal terms which is incredibly broad. All they did was sent it as that he failed a medical. I don't know why Rangers are getting so worked up over it.

My guess is that they don't want it look like they do not have much cash.

[Villa in Denmark]

It's 213.5 miles from Manchester to Celtic.  It's not a commute I'd particularly relish every day.

Who says he's got to do it every day?

Plenty of people work away from home and are pretty much only home at weekends. There's plenty of ways to make it happen if he wanted it to happen.

Christ on his money he could buy an S-class /BMW 7 series / Jag XJ /Audi A8 LWB and a chauffeur if needs be, do it 3-4 times a week and overnight in Glasgow the rest of the time.  Oddly enough that sounds like the Pires solution who is possibly the only player I've seen in a Villa shirt with worse mobility.

[sid1964]

He could fly from Manchester to Glasgow on a daily basis if he needed too

If we pay off his contract after the transfer window closes, he will be at another club within a week (probably Rangers)

[old man villa fan]

If we can't get rid of him before the window closes, keep him at the club but not in the squad. Then tell him not to bother coming to training. That should just about see the end of his career with his fitness. If he sees that, he might then come to a reasonable financial settlement on his contract, which I would say should be around 50% of what is remaining (assuming there is a relegation reduction clause in his contract)

[rob_bridge]

Have him clean the bogs at Villa Park everyday. The fuckhead.

Fucking Leeching Twunt.