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Ten man Aston Villa beat FC Porto to reach the final of the Peace Cup

Porto tomorrow, Robbie Keane and Matthew Upson maybe and Albrighton and Lichaj

Albrighton and Lichaj star for Aston Villa in pre-season Peace Cup tournament

Will Martin O'Neill need to perform a few miracles this season?

If any club needed to be active in the transfer market this summer then it was Aston Villa

Peace Cup live, speculation, sniffs and Steve Sidwell

Sidwell has to get back to the player we know he can be and if he does he can become an excellent player for us but he also needs the likes of Milner and Young to use those channels and he needs Petrov to work with him

Is it time to look at the bigger picture?

A number of highly unusual situations have arisen which have distorted, stalled and confused the market for players

Really desperate stuff: Drenthe and the local press

I'm not really sure I should be discussing it but with the only other news, without any quotes that Villa are not in talks with Bentley then we might as well explore it further

A defining summer for Randy Lerner and possibly Ashley Young

If Ashley Young is sold regardless of the letter he writes to us and publishes in the paper and regardless of what the club tell us it will be because he doesn't believe it is possible at Aston Villa

Gareth Barry off to Italy or Spain and some more rather unsurprising rumours

Gareth Barry who might not be playing for Liverpool, Arsenal or Manchester City next season if either AC Milan or Real Madrid have anything to do with it

Is Martin O'Neill conceding fourth place to Arsenal?

The Premier League race is still all to play for as we have 24 points left

Match Day: Aston Villa travel to Anfield

Anfield trip for Villa when we need to win to stay up with Arsenal