Aston Villa reportedly want to invest in Lyngby BK

Lyngby are minnows of the Danish top flight and have hit financial difficulty.

They are facing administration and the club asked its players on Monday whether they could wait for salary payments because an English side was ready to invest.

And Danish newspaper BT claim that club is Aston Villa.

According to the report, Brighton have also been mooted as the team keen to pump money into the Danish Superliga side.

But that was denied by the Scandinavian outfit.

Lyngby currently sit 12th of the 14-team league.