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Aston Villa owner Dr Tony Xia has this afternoon confirmed that the club have rejected a £25 million offer for defender Jordan Amavi.

The left-back has been attracting plenty of interest from big name clubs with Liverpool reportedly keen to add him to the Anfield ranks.

French side Marseille are thought to be very keen to add a Amavi, who has been tipped to reach the top, and are backed by American tycoon Frank McCourt.

But Xia has rejected a mega bid from an unnamed club for the French 22-year-old. He said: "I can tell we have rejected an offer of £25M for Jordan Amavi. He will grow bigger at Aston Villa."

The owner has made a statement by declining an offer that most Championship clubs would have jumped at.