Stiliyan Petrov: "I'm fit, and ready to play for Villa next season"

[PorkChop]

http://www.itv.com/news/central/update/ ... -to-villa/

What a great story this would be! We could definitely do with his maturity and command on the field again. Petrov loves Villa and I really do hope he can make a full comeback.

[Viazon]

This is good news for him an all. But why would he want to play for Villa next season?

[PorkChop]

This is good news for him an all. But why would he want to play for Villa next season?

He loves the club. He's one of the few people I've seen in a Villa shirt in the past 5 years who really, genuinely cares. Despite his leukemia, he was never too far away from the club and has worked with the academy full-time for about 18 months now.

I hope he comes back, even if it's just a one-off cup game against some conference team or something. It would be a great moment.

[Viazon]

Yeah, I know. I was just taking a slight dig at them being relegated.

Seriously though, it's good that he has such a love from a club, even when they are going through some bad times.

[Twister]

Really great news. Hope he manages a come back, it would be an amazing achievement for him.

[AkydefGoldberg]

Apparently he played in a non-league game but at 36, not sure how much he'd be able to play at the Championship level but if Villa are to re-group with a new core of players, having him as a figurehead as a player or assistant coach would be a great move.