Remi Garde confirms Mathieu Debuchy transfer talks with

Another person I’m pleased for is my goalkeeping coach Barry Richardson, 46-years-old and he gets to sit on the bench against Aston Villa because we’ve got no one else we can put in there. This is a game for the club’s players to step up, show bags of professionalism as well as pride, and make sure the 2015-16 campaign doesn’t get any worse.

“It means we have bought a player who plays football the way we want to ans typifies what we are about”.

Asked if it would N’Zogbia had played his last game for Villa, Garde replied: “You can never say that”.

The Gambian worldwide has joined on loan for the rest of the season.

He is yet to feature in Remi Garde’s plans.

Evans said he was hopeful of concluding further additions quickly but suggested that more players were likely to be available after Saturday’s FA Cup third-round matches.

Garde said: “It’s a big blow, not more, not less, than every other player”.

Today, it seems Debuchy’s move away from the club now looks like a matter of time as Aston Villa boss Remi Garde confirmed he had spoken to Arsene Wenger about the French international’s availability.

Garde is keen to bolster his defensive options, especially with right-back Alan Hutton now nursing an injury, and has revealed an interest in more than one possible signing from Arsenal.

In his statement, as quoted here by the Guardian, Garde said, “I had a conversation with Arsène a few days ago about some of the players and Mathieu Debuchy was among these players”.

“But we need to make sure that we play to our full potential, give it a right good go, play the game how we play and not change anything for them”.

“It was a awful nil-nil at our place but we managed to beat them on penalties, and I managed to score mine”.