Remi Garde resigned to miss out on Villa top targets

Manager Remi Garde has admitted any late deals at Aston Villa will not be his first choice signings.

The basement side are yet to complete any deals in the transfer window despite Garde's efforts to aid their survival fight.

Seydou Doumbia has chosen Newcastle despite Garde speaking at length to the striker, while moves for Loic Remy, Mathieu Debuchy and Sunderland new boy Wahbi Khazri hit the buffers.

A work permit appeal for goalkeeper Lovre Kalinic was rejected and Garde admitted he will not get the players at the top of his list - if any - ahead of Monday's 11pm deadline.

"That's right," he said.

"The situation of the team at the bottom of the table was not something easy to deal with for new players but it's not the only reason.

"It was also a financial problem but it's not my job to explain that again. Probably the club realise mistakes have been made in the past and they didn't want to do it again."