MUN
AVL
Sports journalist. Writer across many sports.
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Aston Villa have agreed to sign free agent defender Vegard Forren, according to a report from Eurosport Norway. Whilst the player and his agent are yet to confirm the move, we believe that a deal is done and will be announced in the coming days. Forren was linked with a move to Villa earlier this […]
Aston Villa are, if reports are to be believed, interested in signing midfielder Kevin Stewart from Liverpool. The 23-year-old joined the Reds in 2014 after being released from Tottenham and has gone on to make a handful of appearances in the first team. Understandably, a lot of Villa fans don’t know too much about him […]
Depending on the result between Derby County and Fulham, Aston Villa could leapfrog the Rams and move into 10th place in the Championship table if they are able to beat Queens Park Rangers on Tuesday night. QPR had been on a good run of form before losing to Derby at the weekend and they’ll be looking to […]
It’s fair to say that the 2016/17 season hasn’t exactly gone to plan for Aston Villa. When Roberto Di Matteo was hired in the summer, the aim was for him to lead Villa back to the Premier League at the first time of asking, but things didn’t work out that way. Despite spending a lot of […]
Kevin MacDonald’s Aston Villa U23 side beat Brighton & Hove Albion 2-0 at Villa Park to round off their home schedule in the Premier League 2 season in style. Jerell Sellars and Keinan Davis got the goals to secure victory for the young Villans. Here are our Villa player ratings from the game:
Aston Villa’s run of successive victories came to an end after they lost 1-0 to promotion chasing Huddersfield Town at The John Smith’s Stadium on Tuesday night. Tommy Smith’s 69th minute low effort was enough to decide the game, putting a halt to Villa’s three game winning streak. After the game, Steve Bruce bemoaned his side’s finishing […]
Young Aston Villa defender Ben Swift looks set to leave the club at the end of the season when his contract expires and he could be about to make a short journey. The 19-year-old becomes a free agent at the end of the current campaign and Villa have allowed him to go on trial with local […]
Steve Bruce was brought in to Aston Villa to rescue the season and hopefully make a push to the playoffs, but Villa now find themselves a staggering 19 points behind sixth-placed Sheffield Wednesday after they lost 3-1 at home to Barnsley. Rather than looking up, there’ll now be Villa fans looking backwards as, and this […]
Although the transfer window is closed, clubs can still make additions to their squads by bringing in players who are currently out of contract. Steve Bruce made quite a few additions to his Villa quad over the course of January but did admit that he’d missed out on a few other targets too. If the manager still feels […]
Aston Villa are reportedly interested in signing Blackpool winger Bright Osayi-Samuel If, like us, your first reaction to this news was “Bright Osayi-Samuel, who is he?”, then don’t fear, we’ve got you covered. We’ve looked at the player, his past and his stats etc. to build a fact file all about him so you can learn everything […]
On 26 May 1982, against all the odds, Peter Withe’s solitary strike saw Aston Villa reach the pinnacle of European club football when they beat the mighty Bayern Munich 1-0 in Rotterdam to be crowned European Cup winners for the first and only time in their 108 year history. 35 years later and the Villans […]
Aston Villa are in talks to sign Swansea left-back Neil Taylor, according to the South Wales Evening Post. The talks, which are reportedly ongoing, could also include Jordan Ayew going the other way to the Swans. It’s thought a deal is in place but personal terms for all parties have yet to be sorted. Ayew is […]