Saint Etienne coach Christophe Galtier admits the Aston Villa job was tempting.

Villa approached Galtier before appointing Remi Garde as new coach.

Of his talks with Villa, Galtier told Telefoot: "This is a great football academy, its design and its history.

"Everything is about timing. It was impossible to leave during the season."

He added: "I wish, of course ... A dream, is the same: to coach in the Premier League. I was the assistant to Alain Perrin at Portsmouth. It's an exciting championship, very well organized, spectacular, not necessarily the best but with derbies and fervor. I need fervor."