MX23RW : Thursday, November 7 22:17:19| >> :600:168085412:168085412:

Aston Villa close to passing £100m mark in transfer market

Aston Villa close to passing £100m mark in transfer market
© Reuters
Villa have spent big ahead of their return to the Premier League.

Aston Villa are close to taking their summer spending to around £100million as they near the signings of Douglas Luiz and Bjorn Engels.

Villa have been in talks with Manchester City over midfielder Luiz and Reims over defender Engels.

Luiz could cost Villa £15million as the newly-promoted side continue to splash the cash ahead of their Premier League return.

The 21-year-old captains Brazil's Under-23s side but has been sent out on loan to Girona for the past two seasons and is yet to make a senior appearance for Pep Guardiola.

He struggled to get a work permit for City, the reason he was loaned to Spain, but it remains to be seen what the situation would be at Villa.

Villa also want to boost their defence with the signing of Engels, a long-time target for boss Dean Smith, who ended his side's three-year top flight exile by winning the Sky Bet Championship play-offs last season.

He tried to get him while he was Brentford manager last year and has returned for the 24-year-old.

Engels would join Kortney Hause, Tyrone Mings and Ezri Konsa as new centre-backs at the club.

Hause and Mings made their loans permanent, with Villa paying Bournemouth an initial £20million for the latter, while Konsa joined from Brentford for a reported £12million this week.

Villa broke their transfer record to sign Wesley Moraes for £22million from Club Brugge earlier in the summer.

ID:364731: cacheID:364731:1false2false3false:QQ:: from db desktop :LenBod:restore:2500:
Restore Data
Share this article now:
Peter Crouch makes his debut for Burnley on February 2, 2019
Read Next:
Peter Crouch announces retirement
>
rhs 2.0
Today's games header
Tables header RHS
TeamPWDLFAGDPTS
1Liverpool108111961325
2Manchester CityMan City1072121111023
3Nottingham ForestNott'm Forest10541147719
4Chelsea105322012818
5Arsenal105321711618
6Aston Villa105321715218
7Tottenham HotspurSpurs1051422111116
8Brighton & Hove AlbionBrighton104421714316
9Fulham104331413115
10Bournemouth104331312115
11Newcastle UnitedNewcastle104331010015
12Brentford104151920-113
13Manchester UnitedMan Utd10334912-312
14West Ham UnitedWest Ham103251319-611
15Leicester CityLeicester102441418-410
16Everton102351017-79
17Crystal Palace10145813-57
18Ipswich TownIpswich100551021-115
19Southampton10118719-124
20Wolverhampton WanderersWolves100371427-133


Sports Mole provides in-depth previews and predictions for every match from the biggest leagues and competitions in world football.
Argentina's Lionel Messi kisses the World Cup trophy after collecting the Golden Ball award on December 18, 2022Sign up for our FREE daily preview newsletter direct to your inbox!