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title: "Villa set to announce Lansbury signing in next 24 hours"
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author: "Ste Hoare"
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published: "2017-01-19T13:24:47Z"
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# Villa set to announce Lansbury signing in next 24 hours

Aston Villa are closing in on a £3million move for Henri Lansbury and a deal could be announced in the next 24 hours, as per John Percy of The Telegraph.

> Twitter: #avfc are close to signing Henri Lansbury from #nffc. £3m deal could be completed in the next 24 hours (@JPercyTelegraph)

The long, drawn out saga of Villa’s chase for 26-year-old could finally come to an end with Steve Bruce gettins his man.

It looked like the former Arsenal man would be a Villan in the first few days of January but issues regarding Nottingham Forest’s ownership seemed to throw a spanner in the works.

![Shaun Botterill/Getty Images Sport](https://media.readastonvilla.com/readastonvilla/2017/01/609119858.jpg)

Lansbury’s contract with Forest expires in the summer and rather than lose him on a free, they’ve decided to cash in and they’ll still make a profit on the reported £1million that they paid for him.

Villa will be getting a very good player for a relatively small fee.

Lansbury has scored six goals in 17 Championship games this season and Bruce will be hoping for a similar return.