Source: Daily_Mail
Aston Villa plotting £12m summer swoop for Blackpool's Charlie Adam
Villa target: Adam[LNB]Aston Villa are ready to launch another attempt to sign Charlie Adam as long as Gerard Houllier remains as manager. [LNB]Liverpool and Manchester United are also keen on the Blackpool midfielder, but Villa hope their illustrious rivals will prioritise other targets.[LNB]Blackpool value the 25-year-old at ?12million but he has just 15 months left on his contract. [LNB]Manchester United have signed midfielder Rafael Leao on loan from their Brazilian feeder academy Desportivo Brasil and have the option to make the move permanent, as revealed in Sportsmail. [LNB]Tough-tackling Leao, who is 18 next week, will train with the academy for the rest of the season. [LNB]United have agreed to let midfielder Corry Evans join Hull City permanently in the summer. [LNB]Evans, 20, the brother of United defender Jonny Evans, has been on loan atHull since January. [LNB] Holloway backs Fulham's plans to erect a statue of 'icon' Michael Jackson Adam: Forget United and the rest, my only interest is keeping Blackpool upAll the latest Blackpool news, features and opinion[LNB]
