Aston Villa willing to pay fixed sum to sign “incredible” player in January

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He’s a versatile player who could help Emery solve a problem in several key areas…

Aston Villa are in a fantastic vein of form and Unai Emery could now continue to feed into their lofty ambitions by trying to pursue a talented player from the continent in January, according to a report.

Can Aston Villa win the league?

Whisper it, but Aston Villa gave their Premier League title ambitions a major shot in the arm after recording back-to-back 1-0 victories over Manchester City and Arsenal at Villa Park, which is a crazy notion considering that they were embroiled in a relegation scrap little more than a year ago.

Emery has performed admirably since taking over as manager, but the Villans’ backroom crew and recruitment team also deserve a great deal of recognition for the work they have done in the West Midlands behind the scenes. With 16 league games played in the division, the team has 35 points, two points behind league leaders Liverpool.

Although there has been discussion of a possible title challenge, club captain John McGinn has disclosed that his side is taking a cautious approach. He made this statement to Sky Sports, which was cited by BBC Sport: “I’m banning the T-word.” With 16 games remaining, there is still a long way to go. Everyone in our immediate vicinity who has held this post for a long time is respected. We’ll see whether we can maintain it as we’re still novices.

The Villans’ outstanding play extends to the Europa League, as they will be guaranteed a spot in the competition’s knockout round when they visit Zrinjski Mostar on Thursday night. Without a doubt, Aston Villa will draw individuals looking to advance in their careers, and one man in particular is apparently being targeted to help out at left-back in January.

Aston Villa target Andrea Cambiaso is “incredible”

According to reports in Italy via Sport Witness, Aston Villa and NSWE are keen to enact a move for Juventus full-back Andrea Cambiaso in January, whom they would be willing to pay a fixed sum of around €15 million to land. Newcastle United and Fulham are also interested in the 23-year-old; however, the Old Lady are reluctant to let him leave the Allianz Stadium.

Similar players to Andrea Cambiaso – (as per FBRef)
Club	Player
Monza	Giorgos Kyriakopoulos
Rennes	Adrien Truffert
Internazionale	Juan Cuadrado
Roma	Davide Zappacosta
Borussia Dortmund	Julian Ryerson

The outlet claim that the Villans are now in the market for Cambiaso after giving up on Sevilla left-back Marcos Acuna, who emerged as a summer target at Villa Park. At the same time, Emery was keen to offload France international Lucas Digne to make room for his arrival.

Mauro Tassotti, the assistant manager of Genoa, has called Cambiaso “incredible” in the past. He has been a versatile player for Juventus, playing both left and right flank at various places. The Genova native has made 14 appearances across all competitions in 2023–24, tallying two assists and one goal (Cambiaso statistics – Transfermarkt).

Anticipating the New Year, Aston Villa could do much worse than add a rising talent such as Cambiaso to provide depth in several areas as they approach the campaign’s second half.

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