Desperate clubs try to hijack Villa’s Fabian Delph deal
Leeds United have confirmed that a fee has been agreed with Aston Villa for 19 year-old midfielder Fabian Delph.
The club took the unusual step of saying on the website that they wanted to record their “appreciation for the honourable manner in which Aston Villa have conducted their interest in the player”.
Leeds United then confirmed that they have turned down renewed bids from other Premiership clubs, desperate to hijack the deal, in the short space of time since they agreed the terms with Villa.
In a pointed remark, the official statement on the Leeds United website, continued, “Having given Villa our commitment to transfer the player (subject to medical), we had no intention of going back on that”.
That bears all the hallmarks of Ken Bates thumbing his nose at Manchester City and Everton who have been stalling over a price for Delph for weeks. Now Ken Bates is saying, “offer what you like, you can’t have him”, and no one enjoys making the most of having the upper hand more than Ken Bates!
