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Carles Gil spent 18 months at Villa Park and for the most part failed to make any real impact. The £3.6m signing from Valencia made 34 appearances for Villa between January 2015 and May 2016, scoring just three times and assisting in a further three goals – not quite the level of production you’d expect […]
Aston Villa have been handed a timely injury boost as Andre Green is poised to return to the first-team squad after recovering from injury, the Birmingham Mail report. The talented teenage winger picked up a hamstring injury during the win over Bristol City last month and hasn’t featured in each of the last three games […]
It’s been a couple of weeks since Aston Villa brought free agent defender Christopher Samba in to train with the squad in a bid to earn a contract until the end of the season. That being said, we’re still no closer to finding out whether Villa will decide to sign Samba on a permanent basis. […]
Christopher Samba has been training with Aston Villa for over a week now and we’re no closer to knowing whether he’ll be signing a permanent contract with club. However, it appears a ‘trial by fire’ approach has been taken as Samba will take part in a behind-closed-doors friendly today as he bids to earn himself […]
During the mid-late 2000s, Aston Villa were a competitive force in the Premier League and were a perennial challenger for the European places and the domestic cup competitions. They also had a talented crop of U21 players that stood toe-to-toe with the very best in English football at the time. Villa’s youth team beat the […]
Despite a valiant first-half display, Aston Villa were unable to find a goal at St. James’ Park as Championship leaders Newcastle ran out 2-0 winners on Monday night. A late first-half strike by Yoann Gouffran following a goalmouth scramble gave the hosts the lead going into the interval before Henri Lansbury’s own goal handed the Toon Army […]
The search for future signings never stops in football and Steve Bruce already has his eyes on one summer arrival from the lower leagues. According to the Birmingham Mail, Aston Villa are eyeing a summer move for highly-rated Blackpool winger Bright Osayi-Samuel but face competition from a number of Premier League sides including Everton, Tottenham and Arsenal. […]
After failing to land Jordan Rhodes from Middlesbrough, Steve Bruce is looking to sign a striker from a fellow Championship club to bolster Aston Villa’s play-off bid. Twitter: On Scott Hogan also told there’s interest from Aston Villa (@JBurtTelegraph) According to Jason Burt of the Telegraph, Aston Villa have now entered the race for the […]
Pierluigi Gollini’s future at Aston Villa looks increasingly in doubt after the goalkeeper outlined his intentions to stay in Italy for the foreseeable future. The 21-year-old was sent to Serie A side Atalanta on loan for the rest of the season last week in a deal which includes an option to make it a permanent […]
Aston Villa’s late flurry of transfer activity is showing no signs of letting up. With the signings of Barnsley’s James Bree and FC Basel’s Birkir Bjarnason both wrapped up this week already and Bree’s former team-mate Conor Hourihane set to follow, Steve Bruce wants to bring another winger to the club. The Daily Star are reporting […]
With Ross McCormack’s future with Aston Villa very much in doubt this month, bringing in another striker is one of Steve Bruce’s main priorities this transfer window. During his time at Hull, Bruce brought in Arsenal striker Chuba Akpom on loan for the 2015/16 season and the young forward enjoyed a great spell on Humberside, […]
Aston Villa will be welcoming FC Basel midfielder Birkir Bjarnason to the club tomorrow for a medical ahead of a January transfer, the Birmingham Mail understands. In his first transfer window as Villa boss, Steve Bruce is eager to put his own stamp on the squad and has identified Bjarnason as a fresh face to bring […]
