Aston Villa are said to have failed with an £11 million offer for Nakamba.
Aston Villa demanded that Club Brugge sign one of their players ‘for a few million euros’ as part of their offer for Marvelous Nakamba, according to HLN.
The Belgian newspaper reports that Brugge refused the Villans’ proposal, which accompanied an €11 million (around £9.8m) bid for Nakamba.
It adds that the 25-year-old has been ‘unlawfully absent for more than a week’ and continues to hope that he can force a transfer away from the Pro League giants, with his entourage ‘assuming’ that an agreement will soon be found with Aston Villa.
Nakamba would provide Villa – for whom John McGinn starred last season – with another combative option in central midfield.
The Villans are expected to add the more defensive-minded Douglas Luiz to an offensive-looking engine room cast, and it remains to be seen how that move would affect their pursuit of Nakamba.
The Zimbabwean – who has also been linked with Newcastle United – is already following Aston Villa on Twitter.
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