Something is brewing’ – Aston Villa willing to make offer for intriguing signing

Aston Villa have shown themselves as willing to make a bid for Barcelona youngster Abde Ezzalzouli and ‘something is brewing’ around the player this summer.

That’s according to Sport, who say Aston Villa are one of the clubs looking to potentially take advantage of the fact Barcelona need to sell before the end of the window.

The newspaper explain that the Blaugrana club need to release one of their attacker if they want to complete their squad in the last weeks of the transfer window and the Moroccan winger is one who could be moved on.

While Barcelona are satisfied with him and would prefer to see Ansu Fati depart, the latter’s refusal to do so is making it impossible and Abde has offers of the table.

Bayer Leverkusen are the team that is bidding the strongest and could present an offer close to €20m plus bonuses is Barcelona open the door for them to do so.

The German side are not the only interested party, though, and his entourage have been receiving interest and talking with various clubs, albeit on a low-key basis.

Aston Villa are one of the teams who have shown that they are ‘willing to bid’ for the winger but they would be in second place at this moment in time.

That being said, Leverkusen are at the front of the queue and if Abde says he wants to leave, they will make a definitive move, something the Villans need to be wary of if their interest is serious.

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Holtecast: Aston Villa 4-0 Everton: toffee recién cortado

Cole, Simon, Tom, and Seb got together to bask in the glory of Aston Villa’s first win of the season, beating Everton 4-0 at Villa Park on Sunday. Bring on Hibs on Wednesday! You can listen for FREE on Acast, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify – dig in

What Do We Discuss?

• Sunday’s win over Everton was certainly pleasing on the eyes! What did the lads make of the victory at Villa Park?
• We’re typically pretty harsh on Leon Bailey on this podcast (maybe saying we’re pretty harsh is putting it lightly), but the Jamaican winger actually had a strong performance today before hobbling off with a slight knock (surprise, surprise!) – was this just Bailey being good against Everton again or could this be a starting point for the attacker to work from?
• Aside from all of the transfer news and gossip, Lucas Digne also put in a promising performance, but could it be too little too late for the French left-back in terms of continuing his career as an Aston Villa player?
• What are the biggest takeaways from Sunday’s win?
• It was pretty pleasing to see Diego Carlos put Neal Maupay in his back pocket, wasn’t it?
• Moussa Diaby is class at football, pass it on!
• So, who’s feeling confident ahead of the trip to Hibernian on Wednesday?
• All of this and so much more! Enjoy the podcast and Up The Villa!

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Very wary’: Aston Villa really don’t want to sell ‘brilliant’ player with

Aston Villa really don’t want to sell ‘brilliant’ player with huge potential

Aston Villa are very reluctant to sell young forward Cameron Archer this summer given his potential.

That’s according to journalist Dean Jones, who was speaking to Give Me Sport about the England Under-21 international.

After a stuttering start to the season, Aston Villa got their campaign back on track yesterday.

Unai Emery masterminded a 4-0 win over Everton at Villa Park as they dispatched a poor Toffees team.

Two goals either side of half-time meant that despite a big defeat at St. James’ Park last weekend, their goal difference is back to zero.

It was a worrying game for Everton though who looked very lacklustre throughout the match.

Villa manager Unai Emery turned to Colombian youngster Jhon Duran to replace Ollie Watkins yesterday.

The 19-year-old scored 50 seconds later, pouncing on a wayward throw-in from Ashley Young.

Cameron Archer was eventually introduced after Phillipe Coutinho picked up an injury.

Villa don’t want to sell Archer this summer but yesterday suggested he might have fallen down the pecking order.

He’s attracting interest from other clubs and would like to stay in the Premier League rather than move to the Championship again.

Villa don’t want to sell Archer

Speaking about the 21-year-old forward, Jones said: “Villa are very wary of letting him leave permanently because they know he has the potential to fly once he gets going.

“So, that’s always been the case, and if he was to go at some point, I would expect them to have something written in that gives them a priority on signing him again.

“But beyond that, I don’t know if they still want to let him leave permanently.”

The ‘brilliant’ forward is currently Ollie Watkins’s understudy and likely only came on after Duran because of the game situation.

Duran is rawer than Watkins and Emery probably only wanted to risk him in a game that was already over.

It’s understandable that Villa don’t want to sell Cameron Archer as he could have a huge future ahead of him.

However, another season sat on the bench at Villa Park won’t do his development any favours.