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Said stays?
Former Aston Villa forward Darren Bent has revealed his surprise that Said Benrahma is still a Brentford player.
The 24-year-old winger enjoyed an excellent season in the Championship, scoring 17 goals and providing nine assists as his team reached the play-off final where they lost to Fulham.
Villa’s head coach Dean Smith is known to be a fan of Benrahma and the Algeria international has been hyped for a move to meet his former boss.
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We need to talk about Emi
With less than a month remaining, Aston Villa’s transfer window looks set to accelerate.
After bringing in Matty Cash from Nottingham Forest, Dean Smith is eager to continue improving his squad ready for their second season back in the Premier League.
One area where Villa was not expected to be active is in the goalkeeping department. However, Tom Heaton’s knee injury looks set to keep him on the sidelines until at least October, which means there could be an improvement on the cards.
Along with Manchester United’s Sergio Romero, Arsenal stopper Emiliano Martínez is the name most linked to a move to B6 this summer.
Talk transfer
Josh King’s preference is to return to Manchester United this summer amid interest in his services from Aston Villa.
King, the Norway international, has 12 months left on his contract at Bournemouth and is expected to leave the South Coast club this summer after his relegation to the Championship.
Villa wants to bring in two forwards to boost Dean Smith’s options for the new Premier League season and has secured the club-record signing of Ollie Watkins from Brentford.
New arrival
Ollie Watkins has put the finishing touches on the transfer that makes him Aston Villa’s second signing of the summer.
Villa wiped out late interest from Tottenham Hotspur to secure a record £ 28 million contract for the man who fired Brentford to a Premier League game.
While the Bees remain down, Watkins steps up and reconnects with Dean Smith, rather than a trade to the Spurs, because he prefers the idea of being a key player at Villa Park and has been impressed by the possibilities of progress in the whole of England. up.
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Ollie speaks
Ollie Watkins has revealed that the opportunity to work with Dean Smith again meant that it was an easy decision to join Aston Villa.
Villa wiped out late interest from Premier League rivals Tottenham to seal a club-record £ 28 million deal, with add-ons meaning the total outlay could be £ 33 million.
Watkins’ move from Brentford is Villa’s second signing from the window, after winger Matty Cash, to step up to the top flight.
The forward, who scored 26 goals in the championship last season, played under Smith at Brentford and is enjoying the opportunity to join Villa’s boss this time.
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Wanted man
Aston Villa forward Mbwana Samatta is being tracked down by Turkish Besiktas, less than a year after arriving at Villa Park.
Tanzanian Samatta joined the club from Belgian Genk in the January transfer window as the Lions sought to replace the injured Wesley Moraes on a four-and-a-half-year contract.
Samatta showed promising signs in the early gates, when he scored in the loss at Bournemouth and then bagged in the final EFL Cup loss to Manchester City at Wembley, but following the restart of the Premier League season, the forward struggled against to the goal.
Prediction time
The Premier League season kicks off this weekend and no fewer than three West Midlands clubs will participate.
Aston Villa’s last gasp survival and West Bromwich Albion promotion mean the high-flying Wolverhampton Wanderers will join two of their local rivals for 2020/21.
But how will it go?
There is still almost a month left until the transfer window for the Villa, Albion and Wolves teams to change considerably, but our soccer reporters have written down their predictions anyway.
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