{"id":460744,"date":"2011-07-14T09:25:00","date_gmt":"2011-07-14T09:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/07\/14\/liverpool-boss-kenny-dalglish-stewart-downing-move-from-aston-villa-a-work-in-progress\/"},"modified":"2011-07-14T09:25:00","modified_gmt":"2011-07-14T09:25:00","slug":"liverpool-boss-kenny-dalglish-stewart-downing-move-from-aston-villa-a-work-in-progress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/07\/14\/liverpool-boss-kenny-dalglish-stewart-downing-move-from-aston-villa-a-work-in-progress\/","title":{"rendered":"Liverpool boss Kenny Dalglish: Stewart Downing move from Aston Villa a work in progress"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3>By Michael Raven<\/h3>\n<h4>14 Jul 2011 10:25:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"63.1055594652\">\n<div readability=\"13.9682539683\">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Stewart Downing, England (Getty Images)\" src=\"http:\/\/u.goal.com\/61900\/61985_news.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Stewart Downing, England (Getty Images)<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<h4>Players<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p><span readability=\"21.9763851045\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/scotland\/48588\/kenny-dalglish\">Kenny Dalglish<\/a> says <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/england\/1995\/stewart-downing\">Stewart Downing<\/a>\u2019s move from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/95\/aston-villa\">Aston Villa<\/a> to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/98\/liverpool\">Liverpool<\/a> is \u201ca work in progress\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The Reds agreed a fee with the Midlands club on Wednesday after the England international handed in a transfer request at Villa Park.<\/p>\n<p>The Anfield club have now been granted permission to discuss terms with Downing, who could become Liverpool\u2019s third summer signing following the arrivals of Jordan Henderson and Charlie Adam.<\/p>\n<p>Dalglish told reporters: &#8220;We have been given permission to speak to the player.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We will now try to agree personal terms with him, but it will all depend on the medical. It is a work in progress and we will see what happens and keep you informed.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Liverpool boss also reflected on his side\u2019s 4-3 pre-season win over Guangdong, adding: &#8220;It was a good training exercise for us.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Everyone who came with us got a game. That&#8217;s important as this is just a continuation of pre-season training. It&#8217;s very important players get time on the pitch.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In pre-season players will make mistakes and we did make a few but we will accept that and move on. 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