John McGinn sent Manchester United transfer message Aston Villa fans will love

Barcelona are lining up an ambitious move for Borussia Dortmund's Belgian full-back Thomas Meunier with less than a week left in the transfer window.New boss Xavi is looking to rebuild his squad with new additions this window.And Meunier has been earmarked as a potential target, according to journalist Gerrard Romero, with Serginot Dest potentially going the other way.Dest, who joined from Ajax in late 2020, has found game time hard to come by under the Spaniard.And a move to the Bundesliga could help the young American to restart his career that has stuttered at the Camp Nou.Barcelona have been busy during this transfer window.And Xavi kicked off his era with a bang when he brought Ferran Torres to the Camp Nou from Manchester City.Dani Alves also returned from his brief stint in his native Brazil with Sao Paulo to bolster Barca's backline.However, due to their ongoing financial crisis players have had to leave, and Philippe Coutinho left on loan to Aston Villa, while Ousmane Dembele has been placed on the chopping block. What do you think of Barcelona's transfer window? Let us know in the comments section Meunier has been a key part of Marco Rose's Dortmund side this season, and they are hot on the heels of Bayern Munich in the title race.The Belgian joined Dortmund as a free agent in 2020 when his contract at PSG expired.

Birmingham City are on the verge of a permanent deal for out of favour Rangers midfielder Juninho Bacuna.

Gary Neville has revealed that whilst on England duty he approached Steven Gerrard about signing for Manchester United, but his proposal was met with a swift rebuttal from the Liverpool legend.

Gary Neville quipped that Steven Gerrard "wasn't loyal" to Liverpool due to his failed move to Chelsea during a discussion with Jamie Carragher over tapping up team-mates on international duty, but failed to have the same success with his own attempts to convince him to sign for Manchester United.Gerrard spent the majority of his 18-year playing career at Anfield, but it's well known he came close to joining Chelsea back in 2005 when the Blues were at the peak of their powers under Jose Mourinho.The move fell apart at the 11th hour - and Gerrard remained at Liverpool until he eventually left the club in 2015 to finish his career in MLS with LA Galaxy.However, that wasn't the only time Gerrard was offered the opportunity to leave Anfield for a Premier League side. Neville has now admitted that he tried to convince the Liverpool captain to join him at Old Trafford - in a similar way to how he'd attempted to talk poach both Wayne Rooney and Alan Shearer for Sir Alex Ferguson's side.

Manchester United will face a difficult task to prise John McGinn away from Aston Villa due to Steven Gerrard's influence, Paul Parker has warned.

A number of Premier League stars were pictured at Manchester Airport on Saturday night as they prepared for some downtime over the upcoming international break.

Steven Gerrard got one over Everton supporters after his Aston Villa side won 1-0 at Goodison Park in their Premier League encounter on Saturday afternoon.The iconic ex-Liverpool skipper watched his side battled to all three points thanks to Emiliano Buendia's first-half header - and had a smug look on his face before the second half even begun.The former Rangers boss particularly riled home fans by staring at them while walking over to the tunnel at the break, which was hailed by followers of his former club.The cold interaction came after Gerrard insisted that he wouldn't mind getting a harsh reception from the Everton support, saying he was pleased to take pressure off his players.One fan wrote: "He’s got the aura man."With a second adding: "The smirk at the end."A third continued: "At first i thought it was nothing deep but looking at it again, this is too cold."Will Steven Gerrard replace Jurgen Klopp at Liverpool? Give us your thoughts in the comments sectionAnd a fourth agreeing: "Assuming we’ve got another banter era coming after Klopp, might as well be with this guy."Gerrard had said before the fixture when asked what type of reception he was expecting: "Pretty similar to what I got at Old Trafford, I don’t think it will be much different."Loads of abuse, loads of banter, which is fine. It takes the heat off my players and they can focus on playing."My shoulders are broad enough and my skin’s thick enough to accept that warm welcome.

Everton fans hailed Jordon Pickford during the first-half of their Premier League clash against Aston Villa after he made the "best save ever" from Ollie Watkins' header.The England No. 1 somehow managed to keep the ball out of the net as Watkins headed the ball towards to turf from close range by throwing out his right boot.Supporters were quick to praise their goalkeeper on social media - but all was not as it initially seemed as the offside flag was thrust into the air by the linesman.Although Watkins was in fact a long way offside, Pickford smiled to himself having been none the wiser over whether the header would have handed Steven Gerrard's side the lead.One Twitter user said: "That might be the best save I’ve ever seen by Jordan Pickford."A second added: "Pickford save of the season."A third continued: "I feel that save by Pickford should still count really.

Jamie Carragher has offered a response to Steven Gerrard after his former Liverpool team-mate and current Aston Villa manager accused Gary Neville of "robbing" him of his best friend.Carragher and former Manchester United skipper Neville have gone from fierce opponents to close colleagues thanks to their time on Sky Sports - to the 'fury' of the Gerrard.While taking part in a Q&A session for Sky Sports, Gerrard said when asked who his most famous friend is: "Jamie Carragher - he’s flying. He’s smashing the punditry, was a top player, he’s on Gogglebox now."Everything that’s going, he’s doing so he’s probably my most famous friend now."Gary Neville’s new brother.

Everton’s Premier League clash with Aston Villa at Goodison Park, those who were enjoying the historic pre-match ritual of having a pint in the Winslow Hotel were treated to a freebie by the former Toffees striker.The Winslow Hotel of Goodison Road sits directly opposite the club’s stadium.Being the pub in which locals often booze out at Ferguson, now enjoying his second stint as caretaker manager following the dismissal of Rafa Benitez last week, provided the superb gesture to get fans in the mood for Steven Gerrard’s return.The establishment tweeted on Saturday morning: “MASSIVE BIG Thanks to the legend that is Duncan Ferguson #BigDunc #everton for buying all our customers their first drink this morning. Amazing generous gesture, that's a measure of the man.”There’s more of a sense of optimism with Ferguson back at the helm - and for good reason.The 50-year-old got his first stint as manager when Marco Silva was sacked in 2018.

Manchester United have been warned by Aston Villa boss Steven Gerrard that star man John McGinn is not for sale.

Money talks and signings make the world turn, so what's in store for us today?

John Barnes believes Aston Villa midfielder John McGinn would be a good signing for Manchester United, but would not urge the player to leave Villa Park.

Steven Gerrard took great pleasure in noising up a Celtic fan over his title win at Rangers.

Determined Steven Gerrard has put Aston Villa's players on alert and insists he's aiming to improve "every single department" at the club.

Signings season continues to provide thrills and spills.

Jesse Lingard's potential loan move to Newcastle United has been questioned by a former Premier League striker.

Former defender Paul Parker believes Aston Villa ace John McGinn would be a "fantastic signing" for Manchester United, amid reports connecting the Scotland international with a move to Old Trafford.

Paul Pogba has been urged to leave Manchester United to get away from the criticism fired at him by fans and the English media.

We're heading into the final stages of the January window and there could well be more drama to come.

Former Manchester United midfielder Luke Chadwick believes Anthony Elanga can build on the encouraging performance he produced in Saturday's 2-2 draw with Aston Villa.