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title: "Excitement on social media as Villa are linked with Doucoure"
canonical: "https://readastonvilla.com/2021/08/10/excitement-on-social-media-as-aston-villa-are-linked-with-cheick-doucoure/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Crippy Cooke"
section: "Aston Villa News"
published: "2021-08-10T13:36:55Z"
modified: "2021-08-10T13:36:56Z"
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# Excitement on social media as Villa are linked with Doucoure

Aston Villa have been very busy in the transfer market this summer, [signing](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/aston-villa/alletransfers/verein/405) Emiliano Buendia from Norwich City, Ashley Young from Inter Milan, Leon Bailey from Bayer Leverkusen and Danny Ings from Southampton, but the Midlands outfit are after a central midfielder too.

Villa have been linked with Southampton’s James Ward-Prowse, Tottenham Hotspur’s Harry Winks and Arsenal’s Emile Smith Rowe among others, but [Marc Mechenoua](https://twitter.com/LeMechenoua/status/1424701111307538433) of *Goal France* says the Midlands outfit are battling Atalanta for Cheick Doucouré.

Supporters are excited on [social media](https://twitter.com/search?q=villa%20Doucoure&src=typed_query&f=live) as the 21-year-old is highly rated in France. Doucoure [joined](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/cheick-doucoure/transfers/spieler/543387) RC Lens from AS Real Bamako in 2018 and has gone on to make [95 appearances](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/cheick-doucoure/leistungsdatenverein/spieler/543387) in all competitions, scoring seven goals with three assists.

The Malian international has been a regular at the Estadio Bollaert-Delelis, but his future looks away from Ligue 1. Villa are believed to have held talks with Lens over a deal, but it remains to be seen where he’ll end up.

Doucoure averaged a [tackle](https://www.whoscored.com/Players/374993/History/Cheick-Oumar-Doucour%C3%A9) (87) or interception (52) every 19 minutes, created 26 chances and had 38/47 successful dribbles, so he’s all-rounder in midfield. It’s easy to see why fans are keen, but Atalanta’s interest may prove a stumbling block. Time will tell.

***[In other news, Frederic Guilbert enjoys family time by swimming pool](https://readastonvilla.com/2021/08/10/frederic-guilbert-enjoys-family-time-by-swimming-pool-aston-villa/)***