Having signed Geoffrey Kondogbia from Atlético Madrid, Marseille are bolstering their team to please new manager Marcelino.
This comes following a number of stories suggesting that West Ham United and Aston Villa are interested in Mattéo Guendouzi, who is seen as one of the club’s most valuable and sellable assets this summer.
However, La Provence on Monday make it clear the midfielder is ‘not in the plane just yet’, as he is currently waiting to find out a bit more about his potential role under Marcelino.
Still, Aston Villa and West Ham do get a mention in the article, as the French local newspaper state the Premier League duo are the ‘hottest leads’ for a summer sale, were it to take place.
A move to Villa Park would make sense, and nearly materialised back in January, as the midfielder would be able to team up once again with former teammate Boubacar Kamara and his ex-manager Unai Emery, who helped him kick off his Premier League career at Arsenal.
As for West Ham in all this, they will need a new midfielder in the near future, as they are expected to sell Declan Rice to Arsenal in the coming days after a fee between the two clubs was agreed.
Therefore, a move to the Hammers or Aston Villa could be on, all depending on how Marcelino plans to use the France international in the upcoming campaign.
