When Aston Villa signed Morgan Sanson from Marseille, there was a lot of hope the Frenchman could bring something to the Premier League side.
After years of impressing in France, it was time for him to try something new, and a move to Villa Park seemed like the logical next step.
However, few expected what was to follow, with Steven Gerrard seemingly allergic to the Frenchman, as the then Aston Villa manager was very reluctant to field his player.
Things haven’t exactly improved for Sanson under Unai Emery, as he boasts a shocking one minute of football this season, and that’s why an exit is planned.
There are still quite a few clubs interested in his services, as Foot Mercato explain the midfielder ‘absolutely doesn’t fit’ in the plans of the Spanish manager, and the 28-year-old has ‘clearly indicated’ to his club that he wants to leave.
Down their end, Aston Villa ‘will do nothing to keep him and are open to a loan’.
Two French clubs have ‘made a concrete approach’ with the player, those being Strasbourg and Auxerre, but Sanson ‘politely refused’ them both.
Marseille and Montpellier, two clubs he wouldn’t mind joining, are yet to move or be interested, but what’s clear is that the Aston Villa flop is ‘trying everything to return to Ligue 1’, although he won’t just join anyone.
