Stoke City’s former Sheffield Wednesday midfielder is the subject of a bid from Aston Villa, according to reports.
Stoke City midfielder Glenn Whelan [left]
Sheffield Wednesday’s Championship rivals Aston Villa are trying to sign former Owls midfielder Glenn Whelan from Stoke City, according to the Daily Mail.
It’s coming up a decade since Whelan – one of Wednesday’s ‘Kings of Cardiff’ – left Hillsborough to sign for the Potters in a £500,000 deal.
Former Sheffield Wednesday midfielder Glenn Whelan
And despite being three years the wrong side of 30, the Irishman has remained a Premier League regular for much of that time.
On paper at least, Whelan’s signing would be something of a coup for Aston Villa, who are claimed to have seen a half-a-million-pound bid turned down by Mark Hughes’ side.
Aston Villa manager Steve Bruce
And with Stoke only said to want another £300,000 to part with the player, some Wednesday supporters are urging their club to enter the running – with Owls assistant Lee Bullen, a former teammate of the Dubliner, receiving an ear-bashing on Twitter.
Whelan scored 14 goals and made another six in 155 Wednesday appearances, and was the Owls’ player of the year in 2007.
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Sheffield Wednesday’s Hillsborough stadium
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