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Why embarrassing? He is trying to get us to overpay. Why would we? We’ll deal as we need to deal in the circumstances, not come along with the lube and our pants pulled down.
We paid 30 million for Sissoko two years ago and our pants have been down ever since.
If you're Villa, you wouldn't settle for anything less than 30 simply because of that fact. And because they know we can only register 24 out of 25 squad players due to HG.
You could argue they have financial fair play to think about. Their loud public noises also suggest they are trying to cover weaknesses in their negotiating position.
But who's more desperate? This has got deadline day written all over it. Who blinks first.