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title: "Villa looking to sign young Southampton defender"
canonical: "https://readastonvilla.com/2018/08/16/villa-looking-to-sign-young-southampton-defender/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Sheldon Muchmore"
section: "Aston Villa Transfer News"
published: "2018-08-16T10:41:25Z"
modified: "2018-08-16T10:41:25Z"
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# Villa looking to sign young Southampton defender

According to a report in the [Bristol Live](https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/aston-villa-transfer-news-latest-1902557), Aston Villa are interested in signing Southampton full-back Sam McQueen on a season-long loan after they missed out on Joe Bryan, who decided to sign to Fulham.

McQueen has been attracting a lot of attention from other Championship sides this summer, including Bristol and Middlesbrough, but it looks like Steve Bruce’s side are in pole position to acquire his services.

The 23-year-old has made 28 first-team appearances for the Saints since he broke into the first team in 2014, but his playing time has decreased severely under new manager Mark Hughes.

![Alex Livesey/Getty Images Sport](https://media.readastonvilla.com/readastonvilla/2018/08/899841830.jpg)

For example, in the 2016/17 campaign, he made 20 appearances under Claude Puel, but Hughes only played him 7 times last season.

Therefore, he will be looking for my first-team action this season so that he can improve himself, but in order to do this, he will probably have to take a step down into the Championship.

Villa need to strengthen at left-back, so a move to Birmingham would make perfect sense for McQueen.