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The final days of the Villa's transfer window will define the season

Final days of chaotic Villa summer will define 2026/27 season

The Villans have spent the window reacting to wholesale departures, but finally Unai Emery's squad is coming together

27.08.26, 08:00 Updated 27.08.26, 00:09

Michael Plant

Michael Plant

Joel Ordonez. Taylor Harwood-Bellis. Jean-Clair Todibo. Leon Goretzka, Rafael Leao. Jack Grealish. Nicolas Jackson. Jean-Philippe Mateta. Christian Kofane.

At least Aston Villa can’t be accused of a lack of imagination.

All nine players are, of course, among those to be strongly linked with a move to Villa Park in the last 48 hours alone.

How many are genuine targets, only a handful of top-level executives really know, but externally, the perception of Villa in the final throes of a chaotic transfer market is a club scrambling in search of solutions.

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Michael Plant

Michael Plant Freelance reporter. Nearly a decade's experience in the media industry and a former Manchester United, Manchester City and Liverpool club correspondent. A Villa fan from birth, Michael was born in Birmingham but grew up in Belfast.

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