Shay Given has revealed he has held talks with Paul Lambert about his future and both player and manager agree he should be playing first team football.
Speaking to the Irish Examiner the goalkeeper said of the meeting:
'Last night I had a meeting with manager Paul Lambert and we both agreed that I should be playing first-team football and that's not happening at Villa right now.'
With Bradley Guzan replacing him between the sticks last season and performing well whilst it would be good to have somebody of Shay's calibre pushing him in training and ready to step into the breach if needed, you'd consider it very unlikely that he'd be willing to play that role at his age now where, let's be honest, he has only got a handful of years left in the game and he wants to be playing.
He also has a long contract left with us and with many wondering if Benjamin Siegrist is now ready to step up (although personally I still think he'd benefit from a good season long spell out, but on a youth deal that can be assessed every 90 daysto ensure he's getting the game time) Shay will no doubt have to be willing to accept a lesser contract, but at the same time there's not much chance of us commanding a fee that represents his quality.
It'll be interesting to see what the summer brings in this regard.
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