Search results

Who will be 4th choice in defence now? Either it's someone who'll cost more than 3 m or it's someone inferior such as Ariaudo. Or there's some decent free transfer out there that I'm not aware of.

Replace him with Van Damme.

Birmingham Mail, according to Sportbladet.

He's too good for Parma.

He's now being linked with a move back to Aston Villa.

"What was the incident before the penalty with John Terry and the Chelsea players?" Mellberg: That's the case with Chelsea, typical. They always attack the referees in order to affect their decisions. He's spot on.

Exactly, swa... Geof.

Mellberg: – When we entered Stamford Bridge it was almost empty, with the exclusion of one of the sides where our fans were standing. They were fantastic, what great support, what a feeling!

He just won the "Swedish defender of the year" prize. He's being spared in this week's friendly against Holland.

Not quite sure why anyone expected anything less from him. The guy's been playing in La Liga, the Premier League and international tournaments for the past ten years.

Villa wanted to keep Mellberg but Olof wanted a new challenge. He was used as RB because he had experience from the role since before and did well there, and Villa had no proper RB in the squad but many CBs.

He's only played one Serie A game man. Take it easy with your judgement.

Mellberg has spent a large portion of his career as an RB, both at club and international level. He's also not slow by any means. He deserves a shot there now that Zebina has disappeared.

And Legro's for missing the header.

He should have stood a few decimetres to his left, in order to force Gilardino to the right. But yes, it is not an easy situation and one that a central defender should not be put in, and on top of that Legro could have done better on the header right before. Unfortunately for Olof, he is an...

Have you ever seen Olof play? His pace is one of his main assets.

He's 30 and still quick. Defensively he's very adept at RB, he just won't add much going forward.