{"id":284991,"date":"2011-02-28T23:44:00","date_gmt":"2011-02-28T23:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/02\/28\/robert-pires-confident-of-earning-new-contract-with-aston-villa\/"},"modified":"2011-02-28T23:44:00","modified_gmt":"2011-02-28T23:44:00","slug":"robert-pires-confident-of-earning-new-contract-with-aston-villa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/02\/28\/robert-pires-confident-of-earning-new-contract-with-aston-villa\/","title":{"rendered":"Robert Pires confident of earning new contract with Aston Villa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3>By Alex Fisher<\/h3>\n<h4>28 Feb 2011 23:44:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"59.7588652482\">\n<div readability=\"15.6315789474\">\n<div>\n                <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"EPL : Robert Pires , Blackburn Rovers v Aston Villa (Getty Images) \" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/9b90c4ab117673_news.jpg\" \/><\/p><\/div>\n<p>EPL : Robert Pires , Blackburn Rovers v Aston Villa (Getty Images) <\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<h4>Players<\/h4>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>        <span readability=\"19\"><\/p>\n<p>        After improvements in his recent form, Aston Villa midfielder Robert Pires is confident he can earn an extension to his contract.<\/p>\n<p>Pires returned to the Premier League last November to sign for Villa on a free after leaving Villarreal but he struggled to adapt to life back in England initially and appeared to clash with his team-mates in January.<\/p>\n<p>However, Villa\u2019s recent improvements have coincided with an upturn in form for the Frenchman and he hopes he can do enough to convince Gerard Houllier to offer him a contract into next season.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I can&#8217;t play every game because I am old but I love this club and the players,&#8221; Pires told the <em>Daily Mirror<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We need to talk with Gerard Houllier for next season. Why not? I am ready.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is a very good team.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I know Gerard Houllier, he is French as well and I want to help this team.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Villa have young players so I am here with my experience and need to bring stability.&#8221;<br \/><em><br \/><\/em>\n<\/p>\n<p>        <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/9b90c4ab117673_news-150x150.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Originally posted here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\/2011\/02\/28\/2373629\/robert-pires-confident-of-earning-new-contract-with-aston\" title=\"Robert Pires confident of earning new contract with Aston Villa\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Robert Pires confident of earning new contract with Aston Villa<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Alex Fisher 28 Feb 2011 23:44:00 EPL : Robert Pires , Blackburn Rovers v Aston Villa (Getty Images) Related Links Teams Players After improvements in his recent form, Aston Villa midfielder Robert Pires is confident he can earn an extension to his contract. Pires returned to the Premier League last November to sign for Villa on a free after leaving Villarreal but he struggled to adapt to life back in England initially and appeared to clash with his team-mates in January. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-284991","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Robert Pires confident of earning new contract with Aston Villa - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/02\/28\/robert-pires-confident-of-earning-new-contract-with-aston-villa\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Robert Pires confident of earning new contract with Aston Villa - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"By Alex Fisher 28 Feb 2011 23:44:00 EPL : Robert Pires , Blackburn Rovers v Aston Villa (Getty Images) Related Links Teams Players After improvements in his recent form, Aston Villa midfielder Robert Pires is confident he can earn an extension to his contract. 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