The lengths Aston Villa are going to for Jonathan Kodjia to play at Cardiff City
Birmingham Mail
Saturday 31st December 2016
Aston Villa have offered to lay on a private plane for Jonathan Kodjia to convince the Ivory Coast to let him play against Cardiff City.
Kodjia is due to report to a training camp in Paris early next week ahead of his country's involvement in the Africa Cup of Nations.
Villa visit Cardiff City in the Championship on Monday and obviously want their top scorer to be involved in the match.
Boss Steve Bruce revealed that the club have offered to fly Kodjia to France in an attempt to get permission from the Ivory Coast.
Speaking after Kodjia scored a late penalty equaliser in Thursday's 1-1 draw with Leeds United, Bruce said: "We need the Ivory Coast to play a little bit of ball with us.
"All the other teams seem to have let their players.
"We're trying to put on a private plane for him so he can fly to Paris to meet up with them.
"But at the moment it looks a bit of a stalemate so we'll just have to wait and see and keep trying."
Ghana have granted Villa permission to play Jordan Ayew at Cardiff.
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