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With the news emerging that Arsenal have joined the race to sign Stewart Downing, it is vital that Daniel Comolli proves his worth and FSG sign the winger as soon as possible.<\/p>\n

Alex McLeish has publicly stated that the England International was ”not for sale”, but this is viewed as a sop to the Villa Park fans, having already seeing Ashley Young to Man Utd this Summer.
\nIt is known that Aston Villa would be prepared to listen to offers of \u00a320 million for the talented 26 year old.
\nLiverpool have been pursuing the player in the past few weeks, having first tabled an offer of \u00a312 million then increasing that bid to \u00a315 million, but now that Arsenal have entered the market for Downing with an \u00a318 million bid, it really is time for all concerned at Anfield to stop messing around, offer Randy Learner the \u00a320 million he wants and get the lad signed.
\nWe have already lost out on Conor Wickham and Phil Jones to other clubs so now is the time to act decisively and secure Downing who says he wants to play for Liverpool.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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