Marseille failed with last minute £11 miFrench Ligue 1 giants Marseille failed with a £11 million deadline day bid for Aston Villa striker Jordan Ayew shortly before the transfer window shut yesterday. The former Marseille striker has been linked with a host of clubs including Hamburg, Olympiakos and Swansea during the transfer window. However, Marseille in the last few days was acquired by an American businessman, Frank McCourt, who was keen on recruiting some players to boost the depleted Marseille squad. Marseille have hardly spent a penny replacing them, instead relying on loans for the likes of Bafetimbi Gomis and Florian Thauvin. Mr McCourt was hoping to replace Chelsea forward Batshuayi with Jordan Ayew, but Tony Xia reportedly shot down the bid because there was not enough time for Villa to get a suitable replacement.

Source: Vibe Ghana September 01, 2016 11:26 UTC