Aston Villa have agreed to sign Freddie Lawrie in a record-breaking deal.
According to Football Insider, Aston Villa have agreed to purchase Port Vale Vale teenage star Freddie Lawrie.
Following an agreement between the two teams, the center midfielder is about to become the club’s record sale for a schoolboy player.
The Under-15s academy kid has piqued the interest of a number of Premier League clubs due to his outstanding performances at the underage level.
Villa have jumped ahead of other Premier League clubs in the race to sign Lawrie.
Following Michael Mills’ departure to Newcastle last month, Lawrie is expected to become the second player from Port Vale’s academy to earn a big-money move to the Premier League.
Aston Villa’s Under-18 team competes at the highest level, currently sitting third in the U18 Premier League after three games this season.
In the 2020-21 season, the club’s youth setup also won the FA Youth Cup, defeating Liverpool’s youngsters 2-1 in the final.
Unai Emery’s main team includes academy graduates Jacob Ramsey and Tim Iroegbunam.
Cameron Archer, Jack Grealish, Aaron Ramsey, and Carney Chukwuemeka are all Premier League players who have left Aston Villa permanently.
Aston Villa have had a mixed start to the 2023-24 season at the senior level.
Villa have endured huge away defeats at Liverpool and Newcastle, but they currently rank 10th in the table after victories against Everton and Burnley.
From later this month, mery’s team will compete in the Europa Conference League group stage.
They are in Group E with AZ Alkmaar, Legia Warsaw, and Zrinjski.
In other reports, Chelsea has blocked the transfer of a sensation to a Midlands team.
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Aston Villa pondered ‘throwing €70m in the pot’ to acquire a player this summer, which would have broken the club’s record.
There was a time during the transfer window when it appeared that Aston Villa might make a serious attempt to sign Federico Chiesa.
This happened at a time when the Italy international appeared out of place in Max Allegri’s 3-5-2 tactics, and the Juventus star was considering leaving Turin.
According to Goal Italia journalist Romeo Agresti, Aston Villa were intrigued, even if the player himself was not delighted with the possibility of moving to Birmingham, and the Premier League team were willing to break the bank for him.
He examines how things have altered dramatically for Chiesa during the summer, now a revived star in this early phase of the campaign, in an essay published on Thursday.
Among the topics he talks is the possibility that the forward will be offered a new contract before the end of the year in order to avoid a transfer controversy over the next year.
That’s when he adds “there was no shortage” of English interest during the summer transfer window, such as Aston Villa’s proposal of “putting around €70 million in the pot.”
This would have exceeded their previous transfer record (Emi Buenda’s €38.4m arrival), which was eventually broken by the €55m signing of Moussa Diaby.
That was a ‘never got off the ground’ debate, but the danger was there, and while they were not his first choice, we all know how compelling Unai Emery can be when he wants to be.
Simply ask Nicol Zaniolo…
