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Villa to offer Arsenal 'keeper fresh start
Gerard Houllier interested in bringing out of favour Arsenal star to Villa Park


Manuel Almunia could be leaving Arsenal during the transfer window, but staying in the Premier League, with Aston Villa looking to give the Spaniard a chance to prove himself again.

A number of high profile errors cost Almunia his first team place and now Lukas Fabianski is Arsenal's first-choice goalkeeper.

Villa's current number one, Brad Friedel, is 40 in May and is expected to retire in the distant future despite not missing a game since 2005 and with fellow veteren Andy Marshall the American's follow up, Houllier needs to invest in younger goalkeepers.



He's definately not as bad as people make out.