Tammy Abraham is take a flight at 6pm tonight to complete a move to Aston Villa from Beşiktaş after the two sides reached an agreement.
That’s according to journalists Sercan Dikme and Yağız Sabuncuoğlu.
They both report that the deal is progressing quickly.
Dikme reports that Abraham is heading to England tonight, at 6pm, to officially sign his Aston Villa contract. Sabuncuoğlu, meanwhile, reports that a deal is now agreed.
Aston Villa and Beşiktaş have reached an agreement worth €21m plus Yasin Özcan. Abraham is now free to fly to England and has already said goodbye to his teammates and staff. That’s further indication of how quickly the deal is progressing.
There’s no mention of a medical as yet, so that has either been done or is set to take place this weekend. There doesn’t appear to be any fears on that front anyway.
Aston Villa will need to wait to use their new player anyway. He’ll certainly miss this weekend’s clash with Newcastle United. New players have to be registered by mid-day on the last working day of the week before weekend fixtures.
So Abraham would have had to have been registered by 12 on Friday to feature. That’s a future worry anyway, for now they just need to get him to Villa Park and finalise his return.
Istanbul time 6pm for Aston Villa flight, Birmingham 3pm
Istanbul is three hours ahead on time, so Tammy Abraham should be flying to Birmingham at around 3pm UK time. There’s a reasonable chance Turkish media will show up and be able to confirm that.
Should all go well then he can go through his Aston Villa medical either tonight or over the weekend. There’s no huge rush to register him, given Sunday’s match would be missed anyway.
