He left Villa in the summer. Surely someone would have signed him then if he was any good. He's had 6 months of inactivity since then and all of a sudden 3 championship clubs are chasing him. Sounds like his agent has been drumming up non existent interest.
Guess players demanding ridiculous wages with clubs with very little income. And prepared now to cut their demands knowing there’ll be very little or no spectator football for the remainder of the season.