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title: "Villa Target Lazio Man"
canonical: "https://readastonvilla.com/2015/08/12/villa-in-for-keita/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "James Clark"
section: "Aston Villa Transfer News"
published: "2015-08-12T10:33:23Z"
modified: "2015-08-13T18:50:02Z"
---

# Villa Target Lazio Man

[Aston Villa are reportedly in contact with Italian side Lazio for their star winger Keita Balde Diao, after it is believed that the player has requested a transfer away from Italy due to a row with the Club President, according to Football Italia.](https://app.football-italia.net/?referrer=http%3A%2F%2Ffootball-italia.net%2F70908%2Faston-villa-lazios-keita#article/footballitalia-70908&menu=news-all)

Lazio have set an asking price of just £8-million with the Villans being the closest to that valuation.

Keita, 20 started his career at Barcelona’s youth academy before heading to Lazio where he managed to push his way into the senior side.

Keita was born in Spain but declared himself for Senegal at an early age.

His best position is on the left-wing but, is strong with both feet which would definitely give options to Tim Sherwood should Villa stump up the money for the asking price.

Keita has played 48 times for Lazio, scoring 6 and assisting 7.