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title: "Gregg Evans recommends Jonathan Bamba signing"
canonical: "https://readastonvilla.com/2020/12/23/gregg-evans-recommends-jonathan-bamba-signing/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Crippy Cooke"
section: "Aston Villa News"
published: "2020-12-23T14:00:00Z"
modified: "2020-12-23T14:00:00Z"
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# Gregg Evans recommends Jonathan Bamba signing

Aston Villa have the likes Jack Grealish, Anwar El Ghazi, Trezeguet and Bertrand Traore to call upon, but Gregg Evans of [The Athletic](https://theathletic.com/2265513/2020/12/22/aston-villa-sensible-transfers/) believes they might be on the hunt for another forward when the winter transfer window opens.

This may be down to El Ghazi ([three goals](https://www.whoscored.com/Players/232261/Show/Anwar-El-Ghazi)), Trezeguet ([one assist](https://www.whoscored.com/Players/313545/Show/Tr%C3%A9z%C3%A9guet)) and Traore ([one goal, two assists](https://www.whoscored.com/Players/109807/Show/Bertrand-Traor%C3%A9)) having a hand in only seven goals between them in the Premier League – four fewer goal involvements than [Grealish on his own](https://www.whoscored.com/Players/113069/Show/Jack-Grealish).

A new face could inject more goals into the team and Evans believes that Jonathan Bamba is the ideal man. The 24-year-old has scored five goals and supplied six assists in [16 Ligue 1 games](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/jonathan-bamba/leistungsdaten/spieler/292818) for Lille this season, creating 25 chances, making 30 successful dribbles and whipping in 51 crosses ([WhoScored](https://www.whoscored.com/Players/241019/Show/Jonathan-Bamba))

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Evans noted that Bamba has ‘[destroyed opponents](https://theathletic.com/2265513/2020/12/22/aston-villa-sensible-transfers/)’ in France and has all the attributes Dean Smith would want in a wide-man, but it remains to be seen if Lille would sell.

The Frenchman has [two-and-a-half years left](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/jonathan-bamba/profil/spieler/292818) on his deal at the Stade Pierre Mauroy and is a key player, so he may have to force a move if he wants out.

***In other news, Aston Villa are [unlikely to bring](https://readastonvilla.com/2020/12/23/aston-villa-tammy-abraham-transfer-latest-gregg-evans/) one current Premier League striker back to the club.***