Birmingham City inadvertently thwart Aston Villa’s hunt for a new goalkeeper

By Alasdair Mackenzie
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Aston Villa have reportedly dropped out of the race to sign Jack Butland after Stoke refused to lower their £20 million asking price.

Jack Butland

Newly-promoted Villa are on the hunt for a goalkeeper and had the England international in their sights, according to The Sun.

However, a 20 per cent sell-on clause inserted into the deal that took Butland from Villa’s city rivals Birmingham to Stoke for £3.5 million in 2013 has made the Potters resistant to softening their demands.

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Alasdair Mackenzie

Alasdair Mackenzie is a freelance journalist based in Rome, and a FourFourTwo contributor since 2015. When not pulling on the FFT shirt, he can be found at Reuters, The Times and the i. An Italophile since growing up on a diet of Football Italia on Channel 4, he now counts himself among thousands of fans sharing a passion for Ross County and Lazio.