Controversial former football club owner turned pundit Simon Jordan has used Aston Villa star Christopher Samba to coin a new phrase.
Former Crystal Palace owner Jordan was a guest on talkSPORT as they ran the rule over the final few hours of transfer deadline day.
With clubs frantically trying to bring players in before the window slammed shut there was plenty for the headline writers to ponder.
Many owners and managers are judged on the business they get done before the window closes, but Jordan says there is an air of desperation about late deals.
Christopher Samba in action for Villa
And the controversial character used Villa’s own Christopher Samba to coin a new phrase for bad business.
“At this time of the day this is the same business that you do in January which is bad business,” Jordan told talkSPORT.
“Bad business is bad business and you know in January you’re doing desperation business, you’re looking for something, you’re searching for something, you’re signing Christopher Samba.
“These are the deals you don’t want to be doing because they don’t make economic sense or sense on the pitch.”
The veteran Congo international defender became widely known for a doomed and hugely expensive spell at Queens Park Rangers.
The west London club bought the former Blackburn man from Russian club Anzhi Makhachkala in January 2013 for £12.5m.
He had signed a four-and-a-half-year deal on over £100,000 per week but the club sold him back to Anzhi for £12m just six months later after only 10 appearances.
Samba signed a one-year deal with Villa after impressing manager Steve Bruce on a trial this summer.
The 33-year-old was a free agent after leaving Greek club Panathinaikos in January and has so far failed to forge a solid partnership with John Terry.
So Jordan may have coined a new phrase for clubs who are ‘doing a Samba’, Villa just hope he can find his feet quickly to help push them back where they belong.
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