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AVLAndrea Locorotondo is a Data Journalist at Opta with over 8 years of experience in Data Collection. He has been featured on Tuttosport, EA Sports App and Sleeper, specializing in Premier League and Serie A. Andrea holds a SJA and AIPS membership and he frequently appears as a pundit on Italian radio and television shows, including RDS Serie A TV and La Fiera del Calcio, where he shares his insights as a Premier League expert.
Nine Premier League goals. Fourteen starts. Nineteen years old. Eli Junior Kroupi is one of the most exciting striker prospects in English football and Aston Villa want to make him their own.
Aston Villa have submitted a concrete five-year offer for AS Monaco teenager Yanis Benchaouch. With Emiliano Martinez’s agent actively approaching clubs, the timing of Villa’s move tells its own compelling story.
Six appearances. Thirty-seven Premier League minutes. Zero goals. Zero assists. Andres Garcia’s Villa career has barely got off the ground, and seven games remain to change that or face the consequences.
Morgan Rogers wants to win major trophies. Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool and Manchester United want Morgan Rogers. And Villa, under financial pressure, may not stand in his way. Here’s the story that could define Villa’s entire summer.
Goals, assists, haggis, and a crash course in Scottish football’s brutal physical demands, Ben Broggio’s Falkirk loan spell has been everything a developing 19-year-old could ask for. Here’s the full story.
Nobody wants to see a club sell its brightest young prospects to satisfy a regulatory limit. But that may be the uncomfortable reality facing Aston Villa this season. Here’s the full picture and why it matters.
Ezri Konsa arrived at Aston Villa in 2019 as a promising Championship defender. Under Unai Emery, he has become a full England international. Here’s the story behind that remarkable transformation in his own words.
Aston Villa have long admired Gabriel Sara. Tottenham have now made their move and with initial contact already established, Villa’s interest appears to have cooled at precisely the wrong moment. Here’s the full story.
Emiliano Martinez is world-class. He is also Villa’s top earner, reportedly unsettled, and 33 years old. Do Aston Villa genuinely need him next season, or do they need the transfer fee more?
Chelsea recorded a Premier League record pre-tax loss of £262.4m. But Simon Jordan argues Aston Villa’s agent fee figures are, proportionally, every bit as alarming. Here’s why the talkSPORT pundit has a point.
Porto, Benfica, Sporting and Aston Villa are all tracking Ibrahima Ba. The young Famalicão defender’s summer decision will reveal precisely how high he aims and whether Villa’s project can compete with domestic giants.
Sancho is out for two to three weeks and both Bologna legs are in his absence window. Here’s a full tactical breakdown of how Emery must adapt, and who steps up to fill one of Villa’s most important roles.
