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"While Villa’s first bid was big enough to show they were serious, it was rejected by Norwich. Worried about getting into a bidding war with Arsenal, whose interest had been well documented, they put forward an improved bid by the middle of last week. That was also turned down by Norwich and followed by Arsenal’s opening offer, which matched their second one and was also met with a no from Carrow Road."

improved bid by middle of last week
Thursday evening line from Pink Un was "no official bid"

Posted By: Henclrikus, Jun 9, 12:08:43