Middlesbrough’s boring 0-0 draw with Watford at Vicarage Road set an unfortunate Premier League record for ex-Villa striker Rudy Gestede. Gestede made his debut for Middlebrough when he replaced Cristhian Stuani in the 65th minute, but he never looked like he was going to make an impact on the proceedings. The draw, which was probably a […]
Aston Villa’s hopes of a play-off position disappeared further into the distance thanks to a very disappointing 1-0 loss away to Wolves on Saturday evening. In truth, it was a game that Villa deserved to get nothing out of as the majority of the team were pretty terrible from kick-off right up until the final whistle – […]
Aston Villa striker Jonathan Kodjia has taken to twitter to urge his teammates to put in a performance this evening that would have made former manager Graham Taylor proud. The Ivorian Coast international will not be involved in the match against Wolves as he is competing in the AFCON, but he has wished his side […]
According to ESPN FC, Aston Villa, Stoke City and West Brom are all chasing Egyptian striker Basem Morsy. The 25-year-old is highly rated in Egypt as he has been impressing for Zamalek over the last two years, scoring 48 goals to help them claim the Egyptian Premier League title in his first season and the […]
The Birmingham Mail have reported that Pierluigi Gollini is set to return to Italy after agreeing a long-term loan deal to join Serie A side Atalanta. The 21-year-old Italian has singed until the end of the season and it is also expected that he will also stay there for the 2017/18 Serie A campaign. Atalanta have been […]
According to the Daily Mirror, Villa manager Steve Bruce is eyeing up a reunion with Fulham midfielder Tom Cairney – a player he sold three years ago. The pair worked together at Hull before let him join Blackburn on a permanent deal in January 2014. since then, Cairney has come on leaps and bounds and the […]
With Villa now out of the League Cup and the FA Cup they can now concentrate fully on the small matter of trying to finish in one of the four play-off positions so that they have a chance of gaining promotion back to the Premier League at the first time of asking. Being as they […]
According to Gianluca Di Marzio, Serie A side Atalanta are in advanced talks with Aston Villa over a move for Pierluigi Gollini. Gollini, who only joined Villa last summer from Hellas Verona, was Villa’s undisputed number one for a number of months. However, a string of mistakes that have cost Villa dearly seems to have […]
According to the Express, Villa have had a £3 million bid accepted for Nottingham Forest’s goalscoring midfielder Henri Lansbury. Lansbury, who has scored 6 goals this season, will reportedly undergo a medical at Villa Park in the coming days and it is hoped that the deal will be complete before the weekend – although he probably won’t […]
It is no secret that Aston Villa have been keeping a keen eye on Barnsley midfielder and captain Conor Hourihane and, if reports are to be believed, they are about to firm up this interest by putting an offer on the table for him (after Bruce had one last look at him last weekend). Hourihane, with his 5 goals […]
According to a report in The Birmingham Mail, Aston Villa have thrown their name into the hat for Leicester’s left-side player Jeffrey Schlupp. Schlupp, who is very much so out of favour at Leicester, is all but set to leave the club this month in search of regular first team football. The Ghanaian is also wanted by […]
According to the Birmingham Mail, Steve Bruce will try to tempt Norwich into parting ways with Robbie Brady by offering them Ross McCormack in exchange. McCormack hasn’t started any matches under Bruce and he was left on the bench when Villa faced Spurs in the FA Cup on Sunday afternoon – Gabby Agbonlahor was preferred instead. […]