Nathan Jones comments on Jack Butland amid Aston Villa speculation

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Aston Villa reportedly want Jack Butland of Stoke City.

Stoke City manager Nathan Jones has said that he does not want to sell Jack Butland in the summer transfer window amid speculation linking the goalkeeper with a move to Aston Villa, as quoted in The Stoke Sentinel.

According to The Daily Mail, promoted Premier League club Villa are interested in signing Jones from Championship side Stoke this summer.

It has been reported that the Villans are ready to make a bid for the 26-year-old goalkeeper.

Stoke manager Jones has spoken highly of the former Birmingham City goalkeeper, and has said that he does not plan to sell him this summer.

Jones told The Stoke Sentinel about Butland: “God willing we can keep him – and what we’ve said to Jack, I’ll make no secret of this, is that we want to keep him.

“Jack has a real high level of ability and to be in the top three goalkeepers in England, for me, it’s surprising he’s not at a Premier League club.

“But this is a Premier League club, it’s just had a difficult time over the last couple of years.

“Jack has shown great loyalty and great desire and commitment to play for us and we would like to keep him.

“If something comes up that is too good to turn down one) for the club and two) for Jack then look, we are not one to stand in people’s way – but it’s got to be one hell of an offer because he’s arguably England’s best keeper.”

Good signing for Aston Villa?

Butland is an England international goalkeeper, and there is no doubt that the 26-year-old will be a very good signing for the Villa this summer.

The Stoke goalkeeper has been a success in the Premier League, and the 26-year-old himself may feel the need to move to Villa Park.

Butland joined Stoke from Birmingham in January 2013 for a transfer fee reported by The Telegraph to be worth £4m million.