Popov radio interview fuels Villa transfer rumours...

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The captain of Bulgaria Ivelin Popov gave an interview on the morning show of Darik radio "Darik coffee." on Wednesday. The Kuban Krasnodar player admitted (sort of) that there are talks about a move to Aston Villa.

The interviews resurrects speculation from last summer and Paul Lambert will no doubt be anxious to get another Bulgarian into the squad after the runaway success of the shoot-on-sight  Tonev.

If the name Popov sounds familiar, it may be because he scored against us playing for Litex Lovech a few years back.

We're not expecting a flood of transfer activity in the January window so it's nice to know that Villa are at least looking to strengthen, even if the signing doesn't come off.