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WENGER COMMENTS IRK O'NEILL
Barry - admired by Wenger.
Aston Villa manager Martin O'Neill has described Arsene Wenger's comments about Gareth Barry as "bizarre".
The England midfielder has looked set for a move to Liverpool all summer but that now appears to have stalled and speculation Barry could move to Arsenal instead has emerged.
Gunners boss Wenger admitted this week the 27-year-old is "one of the players we follow", adding: "The problems with players who are 27, 28 is that you pay big money but you get nothing back, no resale."
O'Neill said: "I've heard nothing from Arsene Wenger himself, so it is strange. I read his comments and I just thought they were strange. Bizarre, really.
"What I would say is that Arsene Wenger doesn't usually come out with comments like that. I accept he has made a bit of a slip, shall we say."
