The latest transfer headlines involving Aston Villa including a rumoured pursuit of a highly-rated Championship star.
Aston Villa are one of several clubs interested in signing Crysenico Summerville from Leeds United according to transfer specialist Fabrizio Romano. It’s less than a week until the January transfer window opens, and the Villains could look to the Championship for one of their next signings.
Transfer expert Romano wrote on X, the website that was formerly known as Twitter, saying: “I understand that a few teams, including Aston Villa, are keeping an eye on him. Given his importance to Leeds, they have no plans to sell him in January. August saw Burnley’s £20 million bid rejected by #LUFC.”
With 22 appearances for the Whites this season, the 22-year-old has 11 goals and 6 assists, supporting the Yorkshire team’s push for promotion. Both Crystal Palace and Everton are rumoured to be admirers of Summerville, who was the target of a £20 million summertime offer from newly promoted Burnley. However, Leeds has ‘no intention’ of selling him, which would make them difficult negotiators in any potential deal.
In other news, there have been rumours of a possible departure from Birmingham City, an inter-city rival, for former Aston Villa striker Scott Hogan. In 2020, Hogan moved straight from Villa to Birmingham and played for Villa Park for three years, though he did have loan stints at Stoke City and Sheffield United. The 31-year-old was left out of the Blues’ matchday roster as they suffered a 3-1 loss to Stoke at home, which spurred rumours about a possible transfer out of the Second City.
“That was purely a decision I made,” BirminghamLive quoted manager Wayne Rooney as saying, downplaying the rumours. “Tyler Roberts and Keshi Anderson were back on the team. youthful Josh has performed well for the under-21 team, so I decided to add him in place of Scott just to maintain the squad’s balance.
The Blues manager continued, “I’m not going to sit here and say that’s a decision which is made.” “I decided to play Scott in today’s game. We had very few defenders or midfielders on the bench and a large number of attacking players. I was attempting to maintain the squad’s proper balance.”
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