Gareth Barry insisted he never contemplated becoming a trouble-maker to engineer a move away from Aston Villa because of his “respect” for manager Martin O’Neill and the midlands club.
Barry was initially distraught after failing to complete an £18m switch to Liverpool last summer after the Reds did not meet Villa’s asking price.
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