Stiliyan Petrov wants Steven Sidwell & Nigel Reo Coker to remain at Aston Villa

Both players rumoured to be leaving the club.......

30 Jul 2010 10:27:00

By George Watts

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Stiliyan Petrov, Aston Villa (Getty Images)

Aston Villa captain Stiliyan Petrov hopes that Steven Sidwell and Nigel Reo Coker remain at the club, amid increased transfer speculation that the pair are heading for the exit door at Villa Park.

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Sidwell, a signing from Chelsea two years ago, has found regular first-team football difficult to find under Martin O'Neill, and is wanted by Fulham, whilst ex-West Ham United midfielder Reo-Coker is also desperate for some regular first-team football.

But Petrov says he enjoys playing with both his colleagues and is hopeful they will still be part of the Villa squad when the transfer window closes. 

"They have shown that they've got a very good attitude," he told The Daily Star.

"Even when they weren't playing. Every time when the manager picked them to play they tried their best and he knows that.

"We would love them to stay because they're good players, but the manager has a different opinion.

"The manager is trying to bring in new faces and to let some people go.

"But even if we stay the way we are, we have still got a team to compete because every player in our team is a good player. Some people may leave and other people will come in.

"It's hard when you've played with somebody for three or four years and you've gone through a lot of hard work all that time to see them leaving, but that's the way football goes."

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