Football transfer rumours: Aston Villa to lure back John Terry with new deal?

Today’s tittle-tattle is paving over paradise

“Don’t it always seem to go that you don’t know what you got til it’s gone,” asked Joni Mitchell in 1970, in a hit that has since been covered by more two-bit hack buskers (yes you, Bob Dylan) than the Rumour Mill cares to mention. Steve Bruce could be next to have a bash, having realised that life at Villa Park without John Terry is no life at all. The 38-year-old was instrumental in getting Aston Villa to last year’s Championship play-off final, only to be released when Bruce’s side came up short at Wembley and couldn’t afford to keep him on. Now without a club, he may be offered a new contract at Villa Park following reports that the new owners, Nassef Sawiris and Wes Edens, have sanctioned a deal.

The Manchester United midfielder and emergency centre-back Ander Herrera is considering his options and may agitate for a move from Old Trafford in January, if speculation in the Metro is to be believed. The Spaniard is reported to be unhappy that United are dilly-dallying over offering him a new and improved deal and might go somewhere where his services will be more appreciated. Alternatively, he is hoping someone at Old Trafford will read reports that he is unhappy, stick a juicy contract under his nose and hand him a pen.

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