As Aston Villa prepare for the summer transfer window, it seems they’ve been looking for some talents in Portugal.
Newspaper Record today features a story saying that the Villans were one of the clubs who sent an official for the league clash between Porto and Vitória Guimarães.
Since Aston Villa were just one of the many clubs who had representatives in the game, the report brings no details on specific targets they had.
Still, there are a couple of reasons why it’s understandable they sent their scouts for this specific game, which was won by Vitória 2-1.
One of them is that Aston Villa seem particularly interested in Porto’s squad. We say that because in the past couple of weeks, we had already seen them scouting the Dragons live twice, and continue having a representative watching closely.
Another reason to attend to this game is that the English club share some shareholders with Vitória Guimarães, and that could help them to go after some players.
If that’s the case, we should keep an eye on Jota Silva, who had a great performance on Sunday and was man of the match.
He’s been receiving a lot of praise recently, repeatedly called a ‘hero’ for his club, and recently made his debut for Portugal’s national side.
