Aston Villa are reportedly close to agreeing on a deal with Morgan Sanson that will see the player seal a move to Villa Park. Villa want the player to come in as a direct replacement for the already departed Conor Hourihane who left the club on loan to spend the rest of the season at Swansea City.

According to France Football, Aston Villa made an earlier offer for Sanson which was immediately rejected by his club Marseille. The French club’s manager Andre Villas-Boas confirmed this when asked about the transfer situation of one of his star players. The manager said English side Aston Villa made a very weak offer in their first attempt to convince Marseille into letting go of one of their most prized assets.
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It was definitely, a wise decision for the 24-year-old to move. He has played a major role to help out the Villans for getting promoted to the Premier League. He even scored a goal against Derby County in the final play-off to win the championship. He attracted the attention of other clubs because of his form. One of them was Manchester United. It was also known that they are lining up a bid for John at a fee amounting to 50 million pounds.
Aston Villa are among a host of clubs that have been linked to the player which includes West Brom, West Ham, Besiktas and Fenerbahce.
The England legend has won almost 18 trophies while working with Chelsea including five Premiere League tiles, a Champions League title, four FA Cups and s Europa League. The 38 year old has had his full chance at winning in a lot of games and has his shelves full of silverware.
He believes that his players were not interested in the game and that this is a thing that he cannot understands. He said that the FA Cup is an important competition and that he would have loved to win this game. He said that it is not wrong to lose a game but it is wrong to lose it without putting on a fight. He said that having a good FA Cup run can help provide additional motivation for the team as well as the fans and that it would have been a great thing if they could have beaten Swansea.