{"id":461361,"date":"2011-07-15T07:48:08","date_gmt":"2011-07-15T07:48:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/07\/15\/aston-villa-make-bid-for-nzogbia\/"},"modified":"2011-07-15T07:48:08","modified_gmt":"2011-07-15T07:48:08","slug":"aston-villa-make-bid-for-nzogbia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/07\/15\/aston-villa-make-bid-for-nzogbia\/","title":{"rendered":"Aston Villa make bid for N&#8217;Zogbia"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"48.2866043614\">\n<div readability=\"40.350877193\"><span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/news.bbcimg.co.uk\/media\/images\/54086000\/jpg\/_54086449_nzogbia_pa.jpg\" width=\"226\" height=\"282\" alt=\"Wigan Athletic winger Charles N'Zogbia\" \/> N&#8217;Zogbia played 38 games for Wigan last season, scoring 10 goals<\/span> <\/p>\n<p>Aston Villa have made a bid to sign Wigan Athletic winger Charles N&#8217;Zogbia, BBC Sport understands.<\/p>\n<p>New manager Alex McLeish is keen on the Frenchman to replace Stewart Downing, who is in talks Liverpool after the clubs <a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/sport1\/hi\/football\/14147824.stm\">agreed a fee<\/a> on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Villa have also seen <a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/sport1\/hi\/football\/13882802.stm\">Ashley Young depart for Manchester United<\/a> earlier this summer.<\/p>\n<p>N&#8217;Zogbia, 25, has made almost 250 appearances in English football, with Wigan and former club Newcastle.<\/p>\n<p>More to follow.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Follow this link:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/go\/rss\/-\/sport1\/hi\/football\/14165590.stm\" title=\"Aston Villa make bid for N'Zogbia\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Aston Villa make bid for N&#8217;Zogbia<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> N&#8217;Zogbia played 38 games for Wigan last season, scoring 10 goals Aston Villa have made a bid to sign Wigan Athletic winger Charles N&#8217;Zogbia, BBC Sport understands. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-461361","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - 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