The Birmingham Mail and Cheshire Today claim that Villa boss Paul Lambert is preparing an audacious £6m bid for the Liverpool winger, £14m short of the fee the Reds paid for him from the Birmingham club two year ago.
It's no secret that Brendan Rodgers would be keen to offload Downing if a sensible offer was received, but a figure in the region of £10m was touted when Fulham made enquiries last month and its extremely unlikely anything less would be considered.
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