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And that medical is ostensibly being conducted on the behalf of Aston Villa. I know very little about Ligue 2 and even less about the French U-20 team but this young man is obviously quite highly regarded and with the transfer fee rumored to be around £800,000 there's very little not to like.

Sky Sports report that Villa have entered the chase for the 24 year old center back. This would certainly be in keeping with speculation that Villa are looking to move in a younger direction across the board and would make moving a more senior defender like Richard Dunne a bit more palatable. Sounds like the kind of move I'd like to see the club pursue.

Graham at We Ain't Got No History looks at Manchester City's working of the transfer system, the proposed ban on transfers and possible solutions.

Absolutely essential stuff from Dan at Aston Villa Central. One of the best things I've read about player valuation in a while.