On Monday, AS suggested Atlético Madrid’s Mario Hermoso could be on his way to Aston Villa in the summer window.
The defender’s deal expires in June and Diego Simeone has publicly urged him to continue at the club.
Mundo Deportivo relay the manager’s comments, and then provide the latest on his future.
As of now, there are no signs of the 28-year-old renewing his contract. He’s set to leave as a free agent and the report states Aston Villa are ‘best placed’ to secure his services.
Mundo Deportivo make it very clear Unai Emery is keen on bringing the Spaniard to Villa Park, and ‘has let him know’. That sounds very much like personal contact from the manager, and it could be key for Aston Villa.
As well as the Villans, the centre-back is also being courted by Beşiktaş, Juventus, Inter Milan and even clubs from Saudi Arabia.
It’s explained that Hermoso is facing his last weeks at Atlético and unless there’s a drastic change, he will leave them in the next window.
Everything indicated Inter would be his next destination, after they offered him a four-year deal. This was before the ‘emergence of Aston Villa, with Emery as a guarantor’, and that could ‘change the fate’ of the player’s final decision.
There’s confidence for Aston Villa here, and this time it appears the biggest reason for that is Emery rather than Monchi.
