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“Transfer shocker: Aston Villa beats Real Madrid to sign £140m french player, confirmed by his agent after victory!” DONE DEAL

Fabrizio Romano says Aston Villa definitely won’t sign £56m player now

Fabrizio Romano has revealed that there’s no way Aston Villa will sign Federico Chiesa from Juventus this summer.

Unai Emery’s side have had a wonderful window so far, haven’t they? They have signed Youri Tielemans from Leicester City and Pau Torres from Villarreal, while Moussa Diaby is set to be the next one in.

The French winger’s arrival is huge for Aston Villa, but his signing means there’s no way they will make a move to bring in Chiesa from Juventus, Romano wrote on The Daily Briefing.

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Fabrizio Romano says Aston Villa definitely won’t sign £56m player now

Shamanth Jayaram

Shamanth Jayaram

Sat 22 July 2023 8:45, UK

Fabrizio Romano has revealed that there’s no way Aston Villa will sign Federico Chiesa from Juventus this summer.

Unai Emery’s side have had a wonderful window so far, haven’t they? They have signed Youri Tielemans from Leicester City and Pau Torres from Villarreal, while Moussa Diaby is set to be the next one in.

The French winger’s arrival is huge for Aston Villa, but his signing means there’s no way they will make a move to bring in Chiesa from Juventus, Romano wrote on The Daily Briefing.

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Fabrizio Romano says Aston Villa definitely won’t sign Federico Chiesa now

After an extraordinary season under Unai Emery in which they finished seventh, Aston Villa have shown just how ambitious they are to push the club forward.

The Villans have done a remarkable job so far, and Diaby’s addition will make them even stronger.

The Frenchman can score goals, create chances and is just an incredibly dangerous attacker. He will give them a different option next season, but his arrival means a move for another Emery target – Federico Chiesa – is no longer on the agenda.

That’s according to Romano, who revealed that Aston Villa did initiate contacts to sign Chiesa two weeks ago, but there’s now ‘no chance’ because of Diaby’s imminent arrival.

He wrote: “Juventus would only sell Chiesa for big money, around €65/70m (£56m/£60m); otherwise they’re more than happy to keep him. I’m not aware of any negotiation with Liverpool.

“Aston Villa asked for him two weeks ago but no chance, they’re now signing Diaby.”

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Federico Chiesa would’ve been a great signing for Aston Villa, but we think Diaby is better.

The Frenchman scored 14 goals and provided 11 assists last term and managed 17 goals and 14 assists in the season before. He has been really consistent for Leverkusen over the years – the same can’t be said about Chiesa.

The Italian has scored a combined eight goals for Juventus in the last two seasons. Injuries played a big factor in that record, but it still doesn’t justify spending in excess of £56 million for him.

Villa should be happy they’re about to sign Diaby, and we’re sure the fans can’t wait to see him play under Emery next season.

MONCHI NOW PERSONALLY WANTS ‘FRIGHTENING’ PLAYER AT ASTON VILLA, £26M BID

Unai Emery’s Aston Villa are reportedly determined to sign Jeremy Doku from Rennes in the summer transfer window.

According to TMW, Aston Villa are about to make a second bid for Jeremy Doku after Rennes turned down their initial offer for the versatile player.

The report has claimed that Villa’s first bid for Doku was €25 million (£21.65 million).

Rennes rejected it.

The Premier League club are now planning to make a second bid of €30 million (£25.98 million) for Doku.

TMW have claimed that new Villa sporting director Monchi personally wants to bring the 21-year-old Belgium international winger to Villa Park.

Jeremy Doku would make Aston Villa better

In our opinion, Jeremy Doku would make Aston Villa a better and more potent team in attack.

The Belgian is one of the best young players around and is rated very highly.

Former West Ham United defender Anton Ferdinand raved about Doku on the Five YouTube channel in April 2022.

Ferdinand said: “I really really like Jeremy Doku, I really like him. The pace and power of this kid is frightening and he knows those are his main attributes, and he uses it at every opportunity.”

Doku is also a very versatile player.

For Rennes last season, the 21-year-old played as a right winger, right forward and left winger.

Doku made 13 starts and 16 substitute appearances in Ligue 1 for Rennes last season.

The winger scored six goals and gave two assists in those matches.

The Belgium international winger also made two starts and two substitute appearances in the UEFA Europa League for Rennes last season.

Doku gave two assists in those matches.