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Still got a good few years in him as a keeper. It was the final year of his contract or else he'd have been a lot pricier (and we've still got another quality keeper in Pope who has just signed a five year contract so it would have been difficult to keep them both happy).
He's very solid and reliable. Pulls off some great saves with a minimum of fuss and organises the defence really well.
Villa have spent a lot but seem to have done it with a solid strategy, I think they're in with a good shout of doing well this season.
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With our massive spending spree, a keeper seems to have been a bit trickier than the other positions. Seems a bit pricey for a 33 year old, but we've had a string of disappointing buys of foreign keepers recently so I assume we've gone for English as a result of that and being priced out of Butland.
Think we have one more striker lined up which will take us to one of the biggest spenders in Europe. Will be interesting to see what Dean can do with them. For the most part it looks pretty exciting and more sensible than Fulham's recruitment last summer. 3 were loans, a couple Smith has worked with before and the others have played with others in the team before. Can't wait for the season to start.