With Jack Grealish now sold to Manchester City, Aston Villa have some cash to burn, some of which has already gone on Leon Bailey.
One area the Villans have been looking to improve is in midfield, and specifically the defensive aspect of it, as shown from their attempts to sign Pape Sarr from FC Metz and enquiries about RC Lens’ Cheick Doucouré.
Those are two rather young players who might take time to get used to the tough demands of the Premier League, so perhaps a more experienced option would be better served to build on last season, which is where André-Frank Zambo Anguissa comes in.
One of them, whom most of the article is about, is AS Roma, who now looking around after their failure to sign Granit Xhaka, who will face competition, because ‘the player also of interest to Everton and Aston Villa’.
Of the three clubs, the Villans are in a far better financial position to get a deal, as the Toffees are already struggling to find €15m to sign the likes of Denzel Dumfries and Roma refused to go above that for the Arsenal player, so we would say advantage Dean Smith in this race for the time being.
