Aston Villa are confident of signing Habib Beye before the week is out, and will then turn their attentions to the right-back’s defensive colleague Sebastién Bassong.
Obafemi Martins joined Bundesliga side Wolfsburg to break the deadlock in transfers. At the time it was unclear whether the £8m deal was a one-off to help the club pay its August wage bill, or the start of a trend.
It now appears to be the latter.
The floodgates at SJP now appear to have opened.