Aston Villa scouts were in attendance for Benfica’s Champions League game against Dynamo Kiev on Tuesday night.
The Villans scouting team were joined by a wealth of scouts from across Europe for the game as reported by Tom Kundert.
Other clubs in attendance included West Bromwich Albion and Sunderland as well as the likes of Barcelona, AC Milan and Chelsea.
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New technical director Steve Round is currently overhauling the Villa scouting set up with changes coming since Paddy Riley was sacked as Head of Recruitment at Villa Park.
It’s not clear who the club were scouting if anyone but it is still interesting to see that they were out at a Champions League game on Tuesday.
They also recently appointed Everton head scout Ian Atkins as their new Head of European Recruitment and Chief Scout at the start of the month as they look to move their infrastructure in scouting forwards.
