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title: "Exclusive: Steve Bull laughs off Nuno Espirito Santo to Aston Villa suggestions"
canonical: "https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/exclusive-steve-bull-laughs-off-nuno-espirito-santo-to-aston-villa-suggestions-e115/"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Jake Sanders"
section: "Exclusive"
published: "2021-05-13T05:05:59Z"
modified: "2021-05-13T05:05:59Z"
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# Exclusive: Steve Bull laughs off Nuno Espirito Santo to Aston Villa suggestions

**Speaking exclusively to [The Transfer Tavern](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/), Wolves legend Steve Bull has laughed off suggestions that Nuno Espirito Santo could leave for Aston Villa.**

Despite a difficult season which has been overshadowed by several high-profile injuries, Santo has already secured Wolves’ Premier League status for a third consecutive campaign.

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Maximum points from their three remaining matches could even see the Midlands outfit finish in the top-half, although they’ll need both Leeds and Aston Villa to slip up quite dramatically.

And Santo’s agent, Jorge Mendes, is [reportedly](https://www.footballinsider247.com/sources-mendes-sensationally-plotting-to-transfer-wolves-boss-nuno-to-aston-villa/) pushing for the Portuguese manager to take over at a club with ‘greater financial resources and ambition’ – with Villa seen as one of those.

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Dean Smith has worked wonders to make Villa European contenders this season, and only [signed](https://www.avfc.co.uk/News/2019/11/29/dean-smith-new-contract) a long-term deal at Villa Park 18 months ago, whilst Santo [extended](https://www.wolves.co.uk/news/first-team/20200913-nuno-signs-new-wolves-contract/) his stay at Molineux prior to the start of the 2020-2021 campaign.

With that in mind, Bull believes that 47-year-old won’t be going anywhere this summer.

He told **The Transfer Tavern**:

*“Aston Villa – I can’t stop laughing! Villa have two good coaches there in John Terry and Dean Smith.*

*“I don’t think they’ll need to change anything because they have come on leaps and bounds, so I don’t think Nuno will go there.”*