Former European champions Aston Villa are on a run of two successive Premier League defeats ahead of their trip to Arsenal on Wednesday. They have lost their last two league games thus leaving them with just three points from the first four games.
Aston Villa haven’t had the best start to their Premier League campaign and now with Diego Carlos picking up a serious injury, the club are on the search for a new defender in the remaining days of the transfer window, with a potential opportunity emerging.
Aston Villa haven’t had the best start to their Premier League campaign and now with Diego Carlos picking up a serious injury, the club are on the search for a new defender in the remaining days of the transfer window, with a potential opportunity emerging.
According to reports in Spain, the Midlands outfit are interested in signing the Real Betis playmaker and are prepared to offer around €25m (£21m) for his signature. There have been other Premier League teams mooted with a move for the Frenchman, though, including defending champions Manchester City and Saudi-backed Newcastle United, so sporting director Johan Lange may want to act swiftly if these claims are true. Steven Gerrard has certainly been lacking from some creativity so far this campaign and that problem has extended from the backend of last season.
Aston Villa and Rennes will face each other in a pre-season friendly game billed for the Stade de la Route la Lorient in France this weekend. Rennes will play hosts to the Premier League outfit in what's the final pre-season game for the two teams this summer.
Aston Villa manager Steven Gerrard can take a lot of positives out of the Manchester United game in Australia earlier this weekend despite the fact that their perfect record in pre-season ended. The two Premier League clubs met in Burswood on Saturday and they served up a four-goal thriller. Both Manchester United and Aston Villa had a perfect pre-season record, but they could not extend It after the game ended in a 2-2 draw.
It’s about that time of year again where everything in the news revolves around the summer transfer window, and based on the deals that our club has already done it could be a big summer.
The summer transfer window officially began on Friday 10th June and closes on September 1st at 11:00pm. Meanwhile, Villa’s 2022/2023 season kick-offs on August 6th, so there is plenty of time to get new signings through the door.
So what does manager Steven Gerrard have planned for the Premier League season? What could be in store for Aston Villa during this summer transfer window?
Aston Villa won’t be making a move for Liverpool midfielder Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain according to the latest transfer reports from BBC journalist Phil McNulty. It was reported that Aston Villa are not interested in the former Southampton and Arsenal player despite earlier reports that he's available for just £10m. Villa and other Premier League teams have been linked with the Liverpool player this summer.
Reports on Monday had stated that Oxlade-Chamberlain won't be leaving Liverpool this summer.Aston Villa were one of the Premier League teams linked with a move for the player. As things stand, they are not interested in the England international as they are focusing on other targets. Villa have started the transfer window strongly this summer with four players in the bag including two players who were on loan during the just concluded season.
Manor Solomon is reportedly a player of interest to Arsenal, Aston Villa and Everton, who could look to bring the Israel international to England. According to Tuttosport, there is significant interest from Premier League clubs in Manor Solomon, as Arsenal, Aston Villa, and Everton are all eying the 22-year-old winger. Currently, his status at Shakhtar Donetsk is unknown, but reports suggest he would be available for a move.
Manor Solomon has been garnering rave reviews in the last couple of years for his performances with Shakhtar Donetsk. However, since the beginning of the Ukraine-Russian conflict, footballing action in the country has stopped, which has rendered many players, including the Israeli international, on the sidelines.
Burnley have climbed out of the relegation zone after they battled to a 1-1 draw at the home of Aston Villa with ten men. The Clarets were able to secure a valuable point out of their rescheduled league game with hosts Aston Villa ahead of the final day of the season.
Aston Villa dominated proceedings in the first half, but it was Burnley who took the lead from the spot after Argentine playmaker Emiliano Buendia was penalised for a foul on Ivorian player Maxwel Cornet in the Villa box. Ashley Barnes scored the resulting penalty on the stroke of half-time to give the Clarets the lead at the end of the first 45 minutes.
