Unai Emery has “concrete” interest in signing £50m “jewel” for Aston Villa

Aston Villa are seemingly eyeing up a summer season transfer for one particular attacking gem who they’d their eye on in direction of the top of 2023.

Aston Villa’s January switch window

NSWE and Monchi have been busy firstly of the yr, bringing in new gamers for Unai Emery in a flurry of late switch exercise. The primary to reach in January was right-back Kosta Nedeljkovic from Pink Star Belgrade, with the teen despatched again to the membership on mortgage for the remainder of the season. Then, on deadline day, high goal Morgan Rogers arrived from Middlesbrough, goalkeeper Joe Gauci signed from Adelaide United and teenager Lino Sousa joined from Arsenal earlier than heading to Plymouth Argyle on mortgage.

Nonetheless, one participant who didn’t find yourself making the transfer to Villa Park final month was RB Salzburg gem Oscar Gloukh, regardless of being closely linked with a switch again in December. Valued at £50m by the Austrian aspect, Gloukh nonetheless seems to be of curiosity to these within the Midlands, based on a brand new replace.

Aston Villa nonetheless need Oscar Gloukh

As per Soccer Insider within the final 48 hours, Villa have a “concrete” interest in signing Gloukh forward of the summer season window and are ‘intently monitoring the 19-year-old following his spectacular current kind’.

There was ‘intensive scouting’ by Villa with reference to Gloukh and the membership ‘are very eager on a possible swoop’ consequently, regardless of bringing in Rogers final month. The report provides that Gloukh is ‘considered a high younger participant and is likely one of the highest-rated skills in Europe’.

{The teenager} is two-footed and also can play as a central midfielder in addition to his main attacking midfield function. Already an Israel worldwide, Gloukh made the transfer to Austria firstly of 2023 from Maccabi Tel Aviv and has gone from energy to energy with Salzburg.

Now valued at a career-high €15m by Transfermarkt, Gloukh has contributed to eight Austrian Bundesliga targets in 18 video games. (Oscar Gloukh profile – Transfermarkt)

He’s underneath contract till 2027 and has are available for reward from soccer expertise scout Jacek Kulig, who labelled the participant as one other “jewel” for Salzburg.

Villa and Emery positioned their belief in youth with the signings of Rogers, Sousa and Nedeljkovic firstly of 2024, and by the appears of issues, Gloukh might be the following thrilling teen to place pen to paper at Villa Park in the summertime.