FT: 2-2. Mousa Dembele’s last four top-level games were against Man Utd, Arsenal, Liverpool and Juventus, and he was probably man of the match in all four.
Rodrigo Bentancur (Juventus) a target for Villa - discussions underway. Gerrard has been looking for a holding midfielder and the Uruguayan is a prominent target
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£20m for Chukwuemeka a year from the end of his deal is very good business for
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. He’s a talent, of course, but Jude Bellingham is only four months older than him.
🇸🇪Anthony Elanga to have medical at
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this weekend ahead of £15m move from
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.
✅Player’s desire to play for Steve Cooper decisive in winning race against Everton, West Ham and Marseille.
🗣Dean Henderson talks progressing well.
Having covered Pochettino's
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for all but the last season and a bit, I think the idea that it's taken Mourinho to instil a winning mentality is harsh. You don't get three top-four finishes in a row if you can't win difficult games.
Easy narrative is ‘Villa players stopped playing for Gerrard.’ Personally don’t agree. There was a change of personnel yesterday, a clear change of approach, and opponents who had a stinker. Far bigger factors imo
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Andi Weimann, a former Aston Villa player, scored the winner for
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here and just goaded the Birmingham fans. After everything that happened here last week, that is spectacularly stupid behaviour.
Aston Villa have made an enquiry about Moussa Dembele, the Lyon forward and a player admired by Unai Emery. Looking towards summer at this stage, when he’ll be a free agent, but could be available this window for relatively small fee
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NEW: Ezri Konsa in line for a new
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contract after continuing his impressive progress under Unai Emery. Konsa has been a mainstay under all managers at Villa. England call can’t be far away, surely? 🟣🔵
Dion Sanderson expected to join Birmingham from Wolves for about £2m plus add-ons. Wolves to receive % of future sale too. Sanderson has done well on loan at St Andrew’s
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Frenkie De Jong: 'You’re always flattered when teams show interest in you as a player but I am at the biggest club in the world at the moment and I feel fine there, so no news.’
Rarely is a club able to upgrade their coach so much in a single step as Villa have going from Gerrard to Emery. Other examples: Sherwood to Pochettino. Bruce to Howe.
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Villa/Emery: what’s the attraction? Ability to get clubs of a certain size into Europe (Valencia, Sevilla, Villarreal) and prosper there. At ease working with a multi-national squad. ‘Training ground’ manager. 4231 system.
Wolves have written to referees’ chief Howard Webb to seek clarification on some of the decisions at Liverpool last weekend, notably the Toti Gomes disallowed goal that would have been the winner
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It'll be no consolation to Wolves, but understand the independent panel who assess ref's decisions have concluded Andy Madley made a mistake by not awarding a penalty at Newcastle for the Pope/Jimenez incident
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🟣🔵 Spoke to sporting director from top-flight European club who said this about Jhon Duran 🇨🇴
🗣 ‘He can become the best centre-forward in the world’ 😳
⚽️ Should he start tonight?
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🦊Dean Smith
⚽️ Got the best out of Jack Grealish
⬆️ Got Villa up and kept them there
👍 Liked by players
✅ Calm under pressure
Sensible choice for
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As reported by colleagues in Argentina, genuine interest from Wolves in Enzo Fernandez of River, one of the best prospects in South America. Fee of about £17.5m
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Exc: Wolves boss Julen Lopetegui met refs’ chief Howard Webb for about 90 minutes at the club’s Compton training ground today. Meeting was received positively on both sides. More on
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shortly
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🟣🔵 Tyrone Mings: one of the comeback stories of the season.
❌ Captaincy removed and attitude questioned by Gerrard
✅ New deal and key man under Emery
🏴 Over to you, Southgate
With two weeks to go in the window, Wolves currently value Daniel Podence - not in the squad last night and left out of the pre-season stint in Portugal - at £12m. Celtic among the clubs following the situation
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Angelo Gabriel, the young Santos winger, believed to be having a medical in Brazil. Target for
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all window. Looks like this one will go right to the wire
Derby: all parties working to try to get the Clowes deal complete today. Not nailed on yet as it’s complex (of course!) but that’s the aim on all sides. Fingers crossed
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Wolves/Joao Gomes: still a decent chance this one gets done before January is out. Player's desire clear and clubs not far apart. Anything can happen in final days but Gomes may be the last incoming of the window
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At the start of the summer, Villa’s priorities were a holding midfielder, a centre-back, cover at left-back. All three sorted well before the season. Even if No8 doesn’t arrive, there are plenty of options there
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🔵🟣 Believe Morgan Rogers wants to join
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and Middlesbrough have been made aware of this.
Boro anticipating third bid for the forward who is valued at minimum £10m
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Never say never but Wolves increasingly confident Neves will stay beyond this window, which would lead to talks over new deal. Potentially big boost for
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. More on
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5pm update
Harvey Barnes edging closer to sealing move to Newcastle. Not there yet but if all proceeds smoothly from here, deal could be sorted this week. Fee expected to be £35-40m. More on
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with
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🟣🔵 Moussa Diaby is class operator - but is another example of how big six finances aren’t matched by their scouting.
⚽️ Two goals two assists already
🇫🇷 Another top French attacker
👏 Credit to
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who were tracking him two years ago
Van Aanholt had a pop at Alli as he walked off. Alli turned back, and was led away by Kane and Eriksen. A bit of chat then from people by tunnel, plus boos., Alli seemed to make a "1-0" sign.
🟣🔵 A lot of his work was away from the public eye but Johan Lange did an excellent job at
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✅ The club is unrecognisable from when he arrived in 2020 and Lange must take huge credit for his role in that
Maddison not the only player attracting Newcastle interest. Believe they have also asked about Harvey Barnes but again, Leicester value their homegrown star highly - £50-60m mark
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NEW: Omari Kellyman’s senior debut for Aston Villa will earn Derby an additional six-figure sum under the terms of the teenager’s £600,000 move to Villa in 2022. The 17-year-old forward impressed v Hibs on Thursday
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🔴⚪️ Omobamidele, Andrey Santos and Tavares among those who may no longer be at
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when window closes 🌳
🇵🇹 Nuno clear from day one that he likes to work with smaller squads
Believe Villa have enquired about Luiz Henrique, the Real Betis attacker, but have yet to submit a formal bid. Brazilian is valued at minimum €50m
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NEW: Neil Cutler in discussions to become Wolves’ new goalkeeping coach with Tony Roberts joining AC Milan. Cutler’s last role was at Aston Villa where he worked well with Emiliano Martinez, but left soon after Unai Emery arrived
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🟣🔵 Believe buy-back clauses for Villa homegrown sales this summer are *roughly* double the transfer fee.
⚽️ Archer c. £40m
⚽️ A Ramsey c. £30m
⚽️ Philogene c. £10m
🟣🔵 Villa in Europe is huge credit to Emery - but work behind scenes in recent times has been crucial.
REVEALED
💻How Duran was scouted
💷Value of buy-back clauses for youngsters
🚝 Why Archer was sent to Boro
All here
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🟢 West Brom’s Tom Fellows must be in the frame for an England U21 call-up for the forthcoming matches. Really impressive winger with loads of potential - 20, homegrown, regular starter in the Champ.
🔵🟣 Ezri Konsa compared with defenders in England squad 🏴
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1️⃣ for passing accuracy, minutes played and duel success ✅
3️⃣ for tackle success
5️⃣ for recoveries.
Unlucky?
Credit
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Fee for Jhon Duran is about £14.75m plus possible add-ons of just under £3m. As you’d expect from the fee, he’s joining as a first-team squad member
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As Emery alluded to in recent hours, Villa leaning increasingly towards keeping Philogene around, at least for the first half of the season. His style reminds some at the club of Willian. Big chance for him in early weeks
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Goncalo Guedes close to sealing a loan move to Benfica for the rest of the season. Forward is due in Lisbon later tonight. No doubting his talent but just hasn’t caught fire
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If all goes smoothly - and you have to say *if* given Wolves' manager search thus far - club expecting Lopetegui in England from November 13. So he would formally start work the day after Arsenal at Molineux
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Shelvey medical at
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booked in for Monday. As per others, permanent move planned. Could make league debut v Leeds on Sunday - huge game for both clubs. More
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Bit on
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: would expect others to follow Awoniyi, though Mainz currently unhappy with offer for Niakhate. Worth keeping an eye on Joe Rodon and Morgan Gibbs-White - Cooper knows both very well.
Manchester City and Wolves discussing final details of deal to sell Matheus Nunes to Premier League champions. Talks restarted in the last hours and expected to move relatively quickly from here
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Reda Khadra lined up for a loan move to Birmingham. Brighton man on loan at Sheffield Utd in first half of season but rarely started in the Championship
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Villa/Cameron Archer: lots of loan interest (also Watford/Sunderland) but as it stands would expect him to go on tour to Oz. One thing that could change that is v big offer to sign him permanently - but who would have the cash?
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Wolves discussions with Sporting Lisbon for Joao Palhinha ongoing. Feels like the deal is there for them despite Fulham arrival on the scene.
Fee about £17m
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As things stand, Nicolò Zaniolo is training and considered available for
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against West Ham on Sunday. Club have spoken to him and are following the situation closely
🔴⚪️ Ajax are among the clubs monitoring the progress of Jaden Philogene, who has been impressive for Hull after leaving
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last summer.
Villa have buy-back option on Philogene at c.£15m - Hull would want more to sell him.
Tammy Abraham has just walked on to the pitch in his suit 1.5 hours before the game, with a few other Roma players, and the place has erupted. Where's he going to get that in England? No need to rush home.
Stage one: Hughton sacked. Stage two: social media outrage over Hughton sacking. Stage three: social media outrage about the outrage over Hughton sacking.
🚨UEFA statement on last night’s events at Villa Park.
‘UEFA strongly condemns the unacceptable violence which occurred around the Aston Villa v Legia Warsaw match. UEFA is in the process of gathering all official reports from the game before deciding on potential next steps.’
Interesting move from Villa to sell Ings. They are very excited about Duran but unrealistic to expect him to hit ground immediately. They are looking for forward players but not an easy market
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David Button set to join Reading depending on League One club’s transfer circumstances. Royals currently under embargo. Would be a significant earner off the books for WBA
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Coventry midfielder Gustavo Hamer is on the radar of Sheffield United, whose own midfielder Sander Berge is admired by Burnley. Hamer has a year remaining on his deal and £15m could get things moving with Coventry
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Forwards: Kelechi Iheanacho admired across PL including by
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but current
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asking price of up to £20m deemed to high. One to watch, as is Che Adams - another
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are keeping a close eye on.
His representative’s recent post on social media would suggest Tetê to Leicester is done. And he won’t be the last, with a centre-back, versatile attacker and possibly a midfielder on the list
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🗣️Unai Emery passionate when speaking about Tim Iroegbunam. Voice raised. Gist: We rate you, but you have to be ready *now*. Get the strong sense he'll be involved at Fulham
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Villa edging ever closer to hiring Steven Gerrard with appt possible this week. Unai Emery/Newcastle means it’s never done ‘til it’s done but as it is, it looks v likely. Should get his key Rangers staff
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Emmanuel Dennis is one of those Everton may look at if Richarlison leaves this summer. Watford will sell. Would want about £20m - he has contract until 2026.
Hearing Brendan Rodgers on very thin ice at
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. Those at Selhurst Park yesterday all alarmed by the performance. Big doubts now about whether he is in charge against
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Nicolo Zaniolo expected to have a medical with
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in the next 24 hours. He and Monchi were at Roma at the same time. He's not what you'd call a sure bet but he's a player of huge potential
NEW: Miltiadis Marinakis and Ross Wilson have spent time at Forest training ground this week. Need for unity emphasised before crucial fixture at Wolves on Saturday. Tone supportive ahead of game
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🧤🔵 Birmingham trying to sign a goalkeeper before deadline. Could be short or longer-term option.
Both Ruddy and Etheridge out of contract in the summer.
Ryan Giles has not travelled to Portugal with the Wolves squad for their training camp. Luton and Middlesbrough interested in the homegrown winger, a proven performer in the Championship
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Gerrard interesting last night. Thinks he and staff tried to run before they could walk in terms of playing style, and is now going back to conservative football until (he hopes) they move up the table
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