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title: "Marseille midfielder rejects Aston Villa offer"
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type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Sheldon Muchmore"
section: "Aston Villa News"
published: "2019-01-30T18:53:46Z"
modified: "2019-01-30T18:54:31Z"
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# Marseille midfielder rejects Aston Villa offer

According to a report in [Telefoot](https://www.tf1.fr/tf1/telefoot/news/mercato-sertic-om-refuse-aston-villa-vise-l-espagne-mls-2062061.html), Marseille’s Gregory Sertic has turned down a move to Villa Park as he would prefer to play his football in La Liga or the MLS.

It is believed that Villa wanted to take the 29-year-old holding midfielder on loan for the rest of the season, but a move to England’s second division doesn’t seem to appeal to him.

![Shaun Botterill/Getty Images Sport](https://media.readastonvilla.com/readastonvilla/2019/01/466146295.jpg)

Sertic joined Marseille in 2017, but he has made just 24 appearances for the club in the two years that he has been there. This is mostly because he suffered a bad anterior cruciate ligament injury  that kept him out for a long period of time.

It is now believed that he wants to move elsewhere for a new challenge, as long as the club he moves to is in Spain or America.

Dean Smith is desperate to add a holding midfielder to his ranks before the transfer window slams shut tomorrow evening, but it looks like he is going to have to continue his search elsewhere.