Aston Villa manager Remi Garde confirms interest in Arsenal defender Mathieu Debuchy

Villa target: Debuchy has attracted interest despite his spell on the Arsenal sidelines
James Benge7 January 2016

Aston Villa manager Remi Garde has confirmed that he is interested in taking Mathieu Debuchy on loan.

As reported by Standard Sport on Wednesday Arsenal are willing to allow their 30-year-old defender to depart this month provided they are offered a fee of £1 million and any deal contains a recall clause.

West Brom, who are in negotiations over sending Serge Gnabry back to the Emirates, were ruled out as an option by Tony Pulis on Wednesday but a Midlands move may be on for Debuchy, who is desperate for first-team action as he chases a place in the France squad for Euro 2016.

Garde, who was backed for the Villa job by Arsene Wenger, has admitted the future of the right-back came up in conversations between the two managers.

“I had a conversation with Arsene Wenger a few days about some of the players and Mathieu Debuchy was one of the players,” he said.

However Garde, who was criticised by Guus Hiddink for his open courting of Chelsea’s Loic Remy last week, refused to be drawn further on his interest in Debuchy.

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“It's too early. It won’t help me or anybody to go forward to make any more comments about that today.”

Roma, whose manager Rudi Garcia coached Debuchy at Lille, have also been reported in the Italian media to be keen on the defender.

Debuchy did not make the bench for three games during the festive period despite being fully fit and has made just two Premier League appearances this season.

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