Loaning a 26 year old to be 3rd or 4th choice centre midfielder probably wouldn't appeal to Spurs or Winks. Loans are generally to get a decent amount of gametime.
Buying him for a club record or close to club record fee to be 3rd or 4th choice makes even less sense than loaning him.
It looks like he is merely rehashing what Alan Nixon claimed and reporting what was in the English papers said. So it is not another source for the rumour, it is essentially the Nixon rumour retold in French.
Probably because Aston Villa already spent circa £100m on attacking midfielders, Emi Buendía, Leon Bailey and Philippe Coutinho. That doesn't mean Gerrard wouldn't have liked Aribo, just they probably feel they've spent enough already.