Keinan Davis doesn’t know whether he’s staying at Aston Villa or leaving this summer after his hopes of a move to Nottingham Forest were dashed. The 24-year-old impressed on loan for the Reds last season and helped them earn promotion to the Premier League, but he didn’t do enough to warrant a permanent deal.
Forest opted to sign striker Taiwo Awoniyi from Union Berlin for a club-record fee, so the door seemingly closed on a move to the City Ground. But John Percy of the Telegraph suggests Forest may still be keen to sign Davis, so Gerrard could make up to £15m for a player that Villa signed on a free transfer in 2015.
The Midlands outfit initially paid Davis £5k-per-week/£0.3m-a-year upon his arrival from Biggleswade Town before paying him £45k-per-week/£2.3m-a-year after he signed a new deal in 2020. In total, Villa have spent £5.9m on Davis’ wages, so a £15m sale to Forest would land them £9.1m profit.
Villa have developed the uncapped Englishman for seven years, resulting in Davis scoring 10 goals with nine assists from 36 games for the U23s and scoring six goals with seven assists from 86 games for the first-team. A move away suits all parties this summer and £9.1m profit would be great business by Villa.
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