DANNY TIATTO - MORE INFO ************************ Following last night's revelation that Australian Danny Tiatto may be a transfer target for Palace, Ian Underwood from Sydney tells us... "Information on ex-Melbourne Knights, wing back Danny Tiatto is hard to come by and may not have Palace supporter frothing at the mouth with anticipation. "He's been a fringe player for the Socceroos since representing his country at U-23 level at the Atlanta Olympics. "He gained one cap under Venables (a 1-0 victory over Macedonia), but failed to impress him enough to be considered selection material for the vital World Cup qualifiers. "He's considered to be talented but also a bit of a hothead, and has been sent off at U23 level...maybe El Tel can bring out the best in him." Ian Underwood, Sydney, Australia. And, DAVID MURRAY in Budel, Holland found this...... Villa target Tiatto Thursday, May 7, 1998 John Gregory's first signing for Aston Villa may be a player who eluded him when he was manager of Wycombe. Australian defender Danny Tiatto, 24, is on trial, having guested for Villa in a friendly match at Port Vale on Tuesday. Gregory said: 'I'm looking for one or two squad players as cover for the regular first teamers and Danny comes into that category.' Tiatto's Swiss club, FC Baden, are believed to want £300,000. 7/5 - Another Aussie Australian International Danny Tiatto could soon be a Villa man. Aston Villa are considering signing Australian international defender Danny Tiatto, manager John Gregory said on Wednesday. The 24-year-old left-back has spent the last six months of the season on loan at Stoke City from his Swiss club FC Baden. Tiatto, who has an Italian passport, made a guest appearance for Villa in a testimonial game on Tuesday and is spending the rest of the week on trial. Gregory, who was interested in signing Tiatto earlier in the season while manager of his previous club Wycombe Wanderers, said: "I'm looking to sign one or two squad players during the summer and Tiatto could fit the bill. "We are having a closer look at him in training this week and will take it from there." Stoke, relegated from the first division after Sunday's 5-2 home defeat by Manchester City, had an option to buy Tiatto for 300,000 pounds ($498,000) at the end of the season. But all transfer activity has been put on hold while they continue their search for a new manager. (AU$1.00 - 0.602 British Pounds) 6/5 - Testimonial held Aston Villa's first team was in action last night. A strong Villa side were in action in a testimonial game for Port Vale defender Dean Glover last night at Vale Park. Villa also included Australian international Danny Tiatto in the side. He has recently been on trial with Stoke City and is currently out of contract with his Swiss side Baden. Villa ran out comfortable 5-3 winners on the night. 30 January - SocAus is forced to abandon the investigation into the Knights / Breakers melee on Jan 7 after a communications link with Adelaide (for Danny Tiatto to give evidence) breaks down. February 1st - The investigation into the Knights / Breakers melee finally reaches a conclusion with Danny Tiatto fined $2,500 (a national league record). David Murray, Budel, Holland. ___________________________________________________________ And finally, here is Alan's daily dose of TEAMtalk.... ALAN JOHNSTON'S PALACE WEB-WATCH ******************************** GOLDBERG'S ASSURANCE ******************** Crystal Palace supremo Mark Goldberg has allayed fans' fears by stating that star duo Attilio Lombardo and Matt Jansen will remain at Selhurst Park next season. Both were expected to depart after Palace's woeful showing last term, but Goldberg has assured fans that they will remain Eagles players. He said: "Attilio will lead us along the way and hopefully be part of it for two or three years. We did receive a quite attractive offer from Southampton for Matt Jansen but I am convinced he will be staying." GRIFFIN FOR BEES **************** Former Palace Chairman Ron Noades is hoping to tie up the deal to take Eagles Chief scout John Griffin to Brentford later this week. Griffin has reportedly been offered around a 100,000 a year deal to join Noades and Ray Lewington at the Third Division side, and is likely to put pen to paper on Thursday, when Noades comes back from holiday. Mark Goldberg has said that he won't stand in his way, and if Griffin does leave Terry Venables to bring in his own man. Meanwhile, it has been revealed that Ray Lewington, who is joining the Bees as first team coach, was offered a massive pay rise to drop two divisions. Lewington will reportedly be paid £140,000 a year, £10,000 a year more than he was offered by Premiership new boys Nottingham Forest. PRE-SEASON DETAILS ****************** The Eagles have announced that they will only play two first team friendlies in the build up to next season. Terry Venables side will only play limited games because of their involvement in the InterToto Cup campaign at home on July 18th or 19th with the return leg six days later. The two games in this country take place against Wycombe on July 15th and against Millwall on August 1st. MATCH-DAY PRICES **************** Palace have announced their matchday prices for their First division title challenge next season. The prices are: Directors Box, Executive and Steve Coppell lounges: 30.00 adults, 20.00 concessions, 13.00 junior Eagles. Main stand, Stanley Stephenson, Players and Glaziers lounges: 25.00 adults, 15.00 concessions, 13.00 junior Eagles. Arthur Wait stand: 20.00 adults, 12.00 concessions, 10.00 junior Eagles. Whitehorse Lane stand: 16.00 adults, 9.00 concessions, 7.00 junior Eagles. Holmesdale Road stand upper gallery: 21.00 no concessions. Upper tier: 16.00 adults, 9.00 concessions, 7.00 junior Eagles. Family enclosure: Palace member 16.00, senior member 9.00, junior member 6.00. @ Teamtalk Alan Johnston. ______________________________________________________________
