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    Barcelona fail again with bid for Valencia's Villa

    By Soccernet staff

    Thursday, July 16, 2009

    Valencia president Manuel Llorente has revealed the club have turned down another offer from Barcelona for star striker David Villa. Barca have long been linked to the Spain international but have yet to produce the "scandalous" offer Llorente has demanded and the Valencia president revealed his Barca counterpart Joan Laporta put in another bid on Wednesday night believed to be €42m. "Laporta called me and I repeated to him that we are not willing to sell the footballer," Llorente told ...

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