{"id":366338,"date":"2011-04-04T16:18:00","date_gmt":"2011-04-04T16:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/04\/04\/brad-friedel-opens-up-fresh-contract-talks-with-aston-villa\/"},"modified":"2011-04-04T16:18:00","modified_gmt":"2011-04-04T16:18:00","slug":"brad-friedel-opens-up-fresh-contract-talks-with-aston-villa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/04\/brad-friedel-opens-up-fresh-contract-talks-with-aston-villa\/","title":{"rendered":"Brad Friedel opens up fresh contract talks with Aston Villa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3>By Mark Fordham<\/h3>\n<h4>4 Apr 2011 17:18:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"61.192092651757\">\n<div readability=\"15.418604651163\">\n<div>\n                <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Brad Friedel, Aston Villa, EPL (Getty)\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/6955d70964375_news.jpg.jpg\" \/><\/p><\/div>\n<p>Brad Friedel, Aston Villa, EPL (Getty)<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<h4>Players<\/h4>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>        <span readability=\"20.552363299351\"><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/95\/aston-villa\">Aston Villa<\/a> goalkeeper <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/united-states\/1286\/brad-friedel\">Brad Friedel<\/a> has opened up talks over a new contract with the club this week according to his agent Tony Gill.<\/p>\n<p>The 39-year-old\u2019s contract is up at the end of the season and Villa manager Gerard Houllier had indicated that he would open up talks with the keeper before the end of the season.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the team\u2019s shaky form this season, the American has been a consistent rock at the back for Villa and it appears that his fine form is being rewarded by the club.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are in talks over a new contract. Brad is very happy at Villa,\u201d his agent told <em>Sky Sports.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If Brad was not happy, he would not be talking over a new contract.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I have spoken with Villa chief executive Paul Faulkner and talks are going very well indeed.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The American just last week had to rubbish reports in the news about a player mutiny within the Villa camp and has spent the past three seasons at Villa since his move from Blackburn Rovers in 2008.<\/p>\n<p><em><\/em><br \/>\n        <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/6955d70964375_news.jpg-150x150.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Go here to read the rest:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\/2011\/04\/04\/2425990\/brad-friedel-opens-up-fresh-contract-talks-with-aston-villa\" title=\"Brad Friedel opens up fresh contract talks with Aston Villa\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Brad Friedel opens up fresh contract talks with Aston Villa<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Mark Fordham 4 Apr 2011 17:18:00 Brad Friedel, Aston Villa, EPL (Getty) Related Links Teams Players Aston Villa goalkeeper Brad Friedel has opened up talks over a new contract with the club this week according to his agent Tony Gill. The 39-year-old\u2019s contract is up at the end of the season and Villa manager Gerard Houllier had indicated that he would open up talks with the keeper before the end of the season. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-366338","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-business"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Brad Friedel opens up fresh contract talks 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\/04\/04\/brad-friedel-opens-up-fresh-contract-talks-with-aston-villa\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Brad Friedel opens up fresh contract talks with Aston Villa - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"By Mark Fordham 4 Apr 2011 17:18:00 Brad Friedel, Aston Villa, EPL (Getty) Related Links Teams Players Aston Villa goalkeeper Brad Friedel has opened up talks over a new contract with the club this week according to his agent Tony Gill. 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