They will be in the same market as us so it's not surprising that they want the same players.
Big difference though, it doesn't matter whether it's Aston Villa, Fulham or anybody else, they all have one thing in common.......They don't fuck about for 4 weeks and they don't piss off the selling club, the player and his agent by making derisory and insulting offers.
£12 million four weeks ago and this deal would have been done.......But No, the cheap skate DNA is still welded into the club, trying to get something for nothing.
The absolutely ridiculous belief that if a better placed club wants to buy one of your players the lower placed club must accept the first offer immediately and have no say in the inevitable, is still alive and kicking at SUFC.
The even more ridiculous belief that if a better placed club puts in a derisory offer the player will kick off alarmingly until he gets his move.
Assuming we got a player that kicked off alarmingly would this player then suddenly have a wonderful team spirit and fantastic attitude because he now plays for us.
The transfer market is all a load of bullshit and as a club we are the best in the business, it gets us very little success, we never get our preferred number one target, but it allows the club to provide our fans with a million wonderful, ethical excuses as to why we failed.