Aston Villa, Fulham and West Ham United will all have scouts in attendance for tonight’s clash between Club Brugge and PAOK.
That’s according to journalist Tomas Taecke, who says the Premier League trio are one of 12 from England sending representatives to the game.
The Het Laatste Niuews journalist reports that Aston Villa, Fulham and West Ham will all be at the game alongside Manchester City, Arsenal, Liverpool, Chelsea, Tottenham, Manchester United, Brentford, Bournemouth and Brighton.
Brugge are taking on the Greek side in the first leg of their Europa Conference League quarter-final tie, with the second leg scheduled for next week.
Taecke makes no mention of who the Premier League clubs may be there to scout, just that they’ve all decided to attend the game.
The obvious answer, at least from Club Brugge, would be Antonio Nusa, who has been heavily linked with a move since last summer and is known to have admirers in England.
It would be strange for anyone to be planning a move for him, though, given his injury issues over the last few months and the fact he’s been in no kind of form whatsoever. Any interested clubs would need him to be convinced that he can play for an extended period and he’s yet to do that.
Perhaps Aston Villa, Fulham, West Ham and all the others have different targets, or more likely a tonne of invites were sent out by Brugge and the clubs Taecke names are simply the ones who accepted.
Either way, a Premier League contingent will be in attendance, so it’ll be worth keeping an eye on who performs well for either side in front of the scouts watching.
Man City, Arsenal, Liverpool, Chelsea, Spurs, Man United, West Ham, Aston Villa, Fulham, Brentford, Bournemouth, Brighton: zowat de ganse Premier League stuurt donderdag een scout naar Olympia 🧐
— Tomas Taecke (@tomaztaecke) April 10, 2024
