Aston Villa are trying to raid their rival Premier League clubs this summer as they brace up for their first-ever season in the Champions League.
After Unai Emery was rewarded with a new contract for guiding Villa to a fourth-placed Premier League finish, which comes with it Champions League football, attentions have turned to recruitment.
Aston Villa set to bid £13m to sign midfielder on the cheap
He could arrive as well as Ross Barkley this summer.
There are concerns that a sale will have to be made in order to balance their books for financial fair play considerations, with the likes of Douglas Luiz, Jhon Duran and Jacob Ramsey among those who could quit the club before the financial deadline of June 30th.
But that has not deterred possible arrivals, and the midlands outfit are in the closing stages of arranging a transfer for Luton Town’s Ross Barkley. With the Hatters relegated, their prominent figure was always destined to be grabbed and it is thought that a deal worth approximately £5m is close.
The Villans have also started early talks for Chelsea midfielder Conor Gallagher, however the Blues are said to demand roughly £50m to allow him leave this summer and that may be a stumbling point for a side already worried with financial fair play.
Any deal for Gallagher may therefore hang on Luiz’s future, despite interest from Juventus and Villa ready to selling for the right price. The Brazilian experienced his greatest Premier League season in the 2023-24 campaign but may be sacrificed in order to allow the club to continue pushing upward ahead of the upcoming season. Now, the club have been tipped as likely to make a move for one of his compatriots.
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