Aston Villa have emerged as shock potential suitors for a La Liga star Unai Emery loves, in keeping with recent studies.
Aston Villa summer season signings to date
Villa have been one of many busiest Premier League sides this summer season, having already accomplished eight new signings as they appear to bolster their ranks forward of a Champions League debut.
They confirmed their eighth and largest deal on Monday, signing Amadou Onana from Everton in a deal value £50m, with the 22-year-old signing a five-year deal at Villa Park.
Aston Villa’s new signings (summer season 2024) | |
Participant | Price |
Amadou Onana | £50m |
Ian Maatsen | £37m |
Cameron Archer | £14m |
Jaden Philogene | £13.5m |
Lewis Dobbin | £8m |
Samuel Iling-Junior | £11.8m + add-ons |
Enzo Barrenechea | £6.7m + add-ons |
Ross Barkley | £5m |
“I’ll be enjoying within the Champions League once more and that’s very thrilling,” stated Onana upon the deal being confirmed. “We even have a supervisor that’s probably the greatest within the enterprise and I feel he can take my recreation to the following degree.”
His arrival takes Aston Villa’s summer season spending near £150m, however there have additionally been important gross sales to stability that and consequently, there isn’t any signal of their switch outlay slowing down.
Douglas Luiz joined Juventus in a deal value £42m, although over half of that was promptly handed again to Juventus in alternate for pair Enzo Barrenechea and Samuel Iling-Junior. Additionally they offered expertise Omari Kellyman to Chelsea in a deal value £17m.
In the meantime, winger Moussa Diaby is poised to finish a transfer to Saudi aspect Al-Ittihad in a file sale for the Villans, which can see them internet a price of £50.5m, roughly the identical price shelled out for Onana. Now, they may very well be set to interchange him with a world-class expertise.
Aston Villa eyeing Felix to interchange Diaby
That comes with Emery and Villa weighing up a transfer for Atletico Madrid’s Joao Felix, who is predicted to depart the Wanda Metropolitano this summer season.
After shifting to the Spanish capital in a file £107m transfer from Benfica again in 2019, Felix has struggled to see eye-to-eye with boss Diego Simeone and has spent the final 18 months on mortgage spells away from the membership consequently.
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A spell with Chelsea was adopted by a season with Barcelona, which noticed him rating seven targets and seize three assists for Xavi’s aspect. However, with Nico Williams their no.1 precedence signing this summer season, they appear to have put Felix on the again burner.
Again in 2022, he was dubbed a “particular” expertise by teammate Alvaro Morata, however has struggled to ship that constantly. He nonetheless has a mammoth 5 years left to run on his £96,000-a-week deal in Madrid, however he seems to be surplus to necessities and the membership are keen to let him go away this summer season ought to an acceptable supply are available.
Now, Fabrizio Romano has claimed that Villa are a “doable choice” for the Portuguese ahead after promoting Diaby, with the Midlands outfit “contemplating” a transfer regardless of the monetary obstacles they’re prone to face.
Certainly, Emery is believed to be an enormous fan of Felix, who will likely be eager to discover a supervisor keen to point out religion in his undoubted capacity after a troublesome few seasons. With loads of pedigree, he may very well be a press release signing at Villa Park ought to they be capable to pull off a transfer.
