First Premier League round, and several clubs have had an aha moment. Either “Yes, we have the level of success in the top division”, or “shit, we are not ready”. Manchester United and Aston Villa belong to the latter category.
Unai Emery never managed to succeed at Arsenal. Back in the Premier League as Aston Villa coach, the Spaniard has since 2022 shown he belongs to the upper echelon of competent coaches in the world’s toughest league. It was therefore a big surprise in the Premier League opener for England’s 4th best club to be so thoroughly overrun in Brighton with a 4-0 loss. Now intensive work is being done to put in place a very special “assault weapon”
Rafael Leao has announced early this summer that he wants to move on from AC Milan, the club he has played for since 2019. Aston Villa are now very active in putting in place a transfer before the transfer window closes.
According to transfer journalist Gianluca Di Marzio, Aston Villa have entered into concrete negotiations with the Italian giant for the Portuguese striker, with Leão opening the transfer to the Premier League club.
Aston Villa, meanwhile, are in the process of selling Ollie Watkins to Saudi Arabian club, sales revenue that should come in handy in the final days of the transfer market. There is a bet that Leao will be an X-factor in the Villa attack.
