Norwich shun Aston Villa's advances for Wes Hoolahan Paul Lambert's bid to sign Norwich City midfielder Wes Hoolahan has reached an impasse after it emerged his former club are refusing to communicate. Lambert is keen to recruit Hoolahan this month and has tabled a £1 million offer but Aston Villa are growing increasingly frustrated with Norwich's reluctance to negotiate. Sources close to Hoolahan have reiterated that he has handed in a transfer request, despite a denial by Norwich chief executive David McNally, and Lambert is determined to make the 31-year-old his first signing of the transfer window. But the move is threatening to become messy because of the fractious relationship between the two clubs, following Lambert's acrimonious exit in May 2012. Norwich are heading for another battle with Villa on Tuesday at a transfer tribunal as they argue over compensation for goalkeeper Jed Steer, and Lambert's attempts to sign Hoolahan will only increase the bad blood that already exists. Lambert said: "I'm not getting involved in it. There is no point in me talking about other people's players when they're still at their clubs and I won't disrespect anyone on that front. I've never come out and said anything about Norwich. What happened has happened. I had him [Hoolahan] for three years, I brought him to Scotland when I was up there so I've known what he's like for years. When I was manager of Norwich he was fantastic, but he's Norwich's player so there's no point talking about him.