Aston Villa are in advanced talks with Marseille to sign Morgan Sanson, Andre Villas-Boas had some pretty harsh words for the first bid that arrived from Villa Park though, and Noel Whelan has criticised the former Premier League manager.
What Whelan had to say about Villas-Boas
Speaking to Football Insider, Whelan said: “Look, I think there’s only one thing to say about that – they’re trying to get money but you’re embarrassing another football club at the same time.
“Anything that goes between football clubs, directors, in terms of money should be kept private, end of story.“They’re trying to force their hand here, it’s not the right way to go about it or do business, that’s for sure and it makes it very difficult to go back in with a second offer and the player may lose that transfer that he really wants.”Is the pundit right to slate the Marseille manager?We know the first bid Villa made was immediately rejected as it was only €7m with €2m in bonuses and Marseille wanted closer to €18m. Whelan does have a point when he says that this business should be kept private as these type of negotiations aren’t typically revealed by managers involved in them.However, Villa probably won’t mind too much as they were likely just testing the waters with their original bid to see what sort or price they could get the player for.Despite the frustrations that Whelan believe Villa will have, the club will now be happy as Sky Sports are reporting that a larger bid has been accepted.In other news, Villa fans were over the moon following a Fabrizio Romano tweet. Have a read what it was about here!