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Bordeaux president Jean-Louis Triaud has played down talks of his club selling attacking midfielder Wahbi Khazri to Aston Villa.

He stated that Bordeaux Triaud do not plan to sell Khazri, who is contracted until 2018.

He told L'Equipe: "We have an interesting second half of the season to play.

"It's not the time to weaken ourselves. It would require a ridiculously high offer."

Winger watch

SV Darmstadt winger Sandro Wagner is the latest name to be linked with Aston Villa.

The report on Bild.com suggests that Villa and West Brom are both keeping tabs on the 28-year-old who has been in impressive form.

The fee would be expected to be in the region of £10m according to the report.

Teenage target?

Highly regarded 15-year-old Lithuanian starlet Matas Gudaitis has opened the door for a move to Aston Villa.

The schoolboy is regarded as one of Europe's top talents and has had training spells with Villa and Wolfsburg.

He recently spoke of his time at Bodymoor Heath, he stated : "I personally preferred the British football (over German).

"Fast, a lot of fighting, the teams do not play ever receding of the defense. My time with Aston Villa club really made a huge impression on me."

Monaco bound Remy?

Top French journalist Pierre Menes believes that Loic Remy would be best suited to a move to Monaco.

The highly-regarded voice on French football was speaking about the future of the Chelsea star after Remi Garde declared his interest in signing him for Aston Villa.

He stated on Twitter that he should move to Monaco.

Garde admitted he is keen on signing Remy on loan until the end of the season.

The Remy deal - if Aston Villa can pull it off despite a bullish stance from Stamford Bridge boss Guus Hiddink - would be the club's biggest outlay in terms of wages next month.

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More Colly thoughts

After causing a stir with his thoughts on how Villa should rebuild, Stan Collymore has also spoken out on the sale of Daniel Johnson to Preston.

Collymore tweeted: "Daniel Johnson, 50k sale to Preston rather than having him around the squad to see if he'd develop. 50 grand. Ask PNE fans about him."

Last season Johnson helped Preston gain promotion to the Championsip with 8 goals in 23 games, this season he has scored 7 in 24.