Aston Villa boss Alex McLeish will enter the race to sign Man City winger Shaun Wright-Phillips as he looks to make further additions to his Villa Park squad.
Having lost Ashley Young and Stewart Downing to Man United and Liverpool respectively McLeish is looking to bring in the 29 year old England international to help boost his attacking options and having recently purchased Charles N’Zogbia to fill one of wide slots the Scot is now hoping to snap up Wright-Phillips to fill the other.
Roberto Mancini appears ready to sell the former Chelsea man and have given permission to the player to enter talks with prospective buyers. The likes of Sunderland, Wigan and Bolton are said to be interested but a move to Aston Villa may trump moves by the Premier League trio.
Wright-Phillips has been in good pre-season form, netting three times, but seems likely to leave the Etihad Stadium this summer. The Londoner is in his second spell at Man City and has notched up over 250 appearances for the club.
Man City are thought to be looking for a fee in the region of £5m for the player who rejoined the club in August 2008 and has just one year left on his current contract, it’s a fee that McLeish will be more than able to stump up having garnered over £35m from player sales this summer.
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