Reading the quotes below made me feel good about the team I support, on the one hand we have a player close to leaving for ready made success and on the other hand we have a young guy coming in believing in the owners.
From the Birmingham Mail:
"We've completed the documentation and we're just happy to reveal that he's an Aston Villa player.
"Aston Villa is one of the big five clubs, the fifth-most successful club in England where football was invented.
"This is a great honour to me, as a coach and as a father, to have Leon playing in the Premier League. We're looking forward to the fans giving him as much support as possible."
Butler added: "He's a young man so we're looking forward to great things. And thank you for having him; we're looking forward to (seeing) the great fans at Aston Villa giving him all the love he can get.
"He's a good kid, a good player, a good young man from a young family who's ready to come and put in all the effort and work he can give to our country and to England.
"I'm happy for the opportunity and I'm happy for Leon. He's come a far, far way.
"I like the idea that Villa are trying to get quality players to build a team that's able to compete to get into the top six. That's why I've sent my son there. I wouldn't send him to an organisation that's going to be losers, I send my son to a place that's going to become winners.
"Aston Villa, the coach and the team, just even the approach they took for this transfer, how aggressive and proactive they were in ensuring they have Leon and that he fits in. Leon needs to be able to play a lot, to give a lot, to play for the team and a team that will play for him, too. This is what I see at Aston Villa."
Bailey is due to fly into the UK today to officially complete his transfer ahead of his unveiling.
Around 3,000 watched Bailey's press conference overnight which began at around 1am UK-time.
Bailey, wearing a face mask and black Burberry T-shirt, checked into his dad Craig's office, signed paperwork before moving onto more media duties with his father and agent left to answer questions from Villa fans who were commenting live.
Butler, who runs the successful Phoenix football academy in Jamaica, was asked about Bailey's positioning and attributes, and said: "Leon, like all players at Phoenix academy, are developed to play at all three points of attack. He can play on both feet; cut in from the right and onto his left; cut in from the left onto his right.
"He can play on both sides of the pitch. His favourite position is right wing but he will do whatever's in the best interest of the team. Leon is superb at free-kick, dead-ball and corner situations.
"His best attribute is that he's a team player with all the skills and technical abilities; speed and all of them things but they all combine well with his best attribute which is being a team player.
"He makes the right decisions. If there's an assist, he will go for the assist instead of the goal. When it's time to work, it's time to work. He's very dedicated to his work. He has a family relying on him and a country that looks up to him and he will deliver.
"Please, support Leon. He's a fighter. He's not the type of kid to leave less than 110 percent on the pitch. He is a warrior."
His Dad seems a really likeable, humble and knowledgeable bloke. Let's hope he doesn't log into H&V and read the less than complimentary posts about his place and the whole ceremony.
I thought it was pretty cool and a refreshing change to the usual high pressure unveilings in this country, its a different life over there though
