VILLA TURN DOWN BID FOR DURAN

ASTON VILLA have slapped a not-for-sale sign on Jhon Duran during this transfer window.

- Neil Moxley

Manager Unai Emery has rebuffed a second attempt by West Ham to prise the forward out of Villa Park after a £57million offer was made.

The Hammers tried last summer to buy the 21-year-old but were turned down and that answer was unchanged yesterday.

Emery considered the bid to be so far off Villa's asking price he refused to take the matter seriously enough to discuss it ahead of their Champions League encounter in Monaco tonight.

There is a lingering feeling at Villa that the news was leaked to destabilize them on the eve of one of their most important fixtures of the season.