Aston Villa’s initial offer for Sevilla full-back Marcos Acuña has been ‘flatly rejected’ by the Spanish club, who have intention of selling at the prices mentioned.
That’s according to Estadio Deportivo, who say Sevilla are unimpressed by Aston Villa’s first attempt for the player and have made that clear via President Jose Castro’s comments.
Reports earlier today linked Villa with a move for Acuña and it has steadily picked up pace since then, with Castro coming out and admitting that every player has a price.
That was followed by a report detailing what Aston Villa were willing to pay for the Argentine and had bid for him, an offer which was deemed almost insulting by all of those involved at Sevilla.
Estadio now pick up on that and explain that ‘as is logical’, Sevilla have ‘flatly rejected’ the first offer from the Villans, which was worth €5m plus another €2m in variables.
That is less than half of what Monchi paid to sign him for Sevilla three years ago and it has been outright refused by them as a result.
Indeed, they’re pretty much insulted by the idea of selling at that price as it would not only be far from solving any of their current financial issues but also not even close to being enough to sign the man, they would want to replace him, Borna Sosa.
Thus, a deal won’t be happening at the figures offered and President Castro’s latest comments on the matter ‘would be a warning’ to Aston Villa not to continue down that path.
Sevilla, and manager José Luis Mendilibar consider Acuña as a key player and they have no intention of selling him on the cheap, despite a need to bring in money so they can further strengthen the squad this summer.
That pressure does not mean they need to accept any offer, though, particularly a derisory one for a player whose departure would leave them short at a price that would offer ‘very little solutions’.
