Aston Villa turn to Real Betis’ Luiz Henrique

With the January switch window now open round Europe there’s loads of gossip swirling about who’s shifting the place. Transfer Talk brings you all the newest buzz on rumours, comings, goings and, in fact, completed offers!

TOP STORY: Villa turn to Henrique after Williams snub

Aston Villa after turned their consideration to younger Brazilian expertise Luiz Henrique after failing to signal Athletic Club striker Nico Williams, in accordance to the Daily Mail.

The report states that Villa had been ready to set off Williams’ £45 million launch clause on the Bilbao membership, which might have made eclipsed the £34.6m price paid for winger Emiliano Buendia’s switch in 2021 from Norwich City.

Williams has emerged as certainly one of Europe’s main skills and impressed on the 2022 World Cup with Spain, however the 20-year-old reportedly prefers to keep in LaLiga for the second.

With that, Villa supervisor Unai Emery continues to be looking out for attacking reinforcements and has recognized Henrique as a possible possibility. Henrique performs for Real Betis, and the report states that he has a switch worth of roughly £20m. The 22-year-old Brazilian signed for Betis final summer season from Botafogo, and has managed to notch three objectives, alongside 5 assists in all competitions this season.

Villa’s current upturn in type beneath Emery has seen them transfer away from the underside three, however they’re nonetheless keen to bolster their ahead choices, as they sit simply three factors away from sixth-placed Brighton.

PAPER GOSSIP

– Ayoze Perez is ready to go away Leicester City, with a transfer to Real Betis imminent, in accordance to Rudy Galetti. The report states that Betis have managed to remedy some conditions with outgoing transfers, which has allowed a deal for Perez to be close to. Perez has been linked with a transfer away from Leicester because the switch window started, with an absence of constant gametime this season.

– Tiemoue Bakayoko appears set to go away AC Milan and signal for Turkish membership Adana Demirspor on a three-year deal, in accordance to Calciomercato. The 28-year-old midfielder is nearing the top of his two-year mortgage in Milan, nonetheless, it’s believed he may have his mortgage terminated early to see him signal for the Super Lig facet.

– Nottingham Forest are ramping up their curiosity in Paris Saint-Germain keeper Keylor Navas following Dean Henderson’s harm, in accordance to the Daily Mail. Henderson sustained a thigh harm in Forest’s conflict in opposition to Leicester earlier within the month, and it stays unclear when he’ll return. This has solely reportedly heightened their curiosity in Navas, who’s behind Gianluigi Donnarumma within the pecking order at PSG.

– Thiago Silva is ready for a brand new deal at Chelsea, in accordance to the Mirror. Silva’s present deal is ready to expire on the finish of the season, nonetheless, it’s believed that Graham Potter is keen to not lose the expertise the 38-year-old Brazilian gives.

– Southampton have turned their consideration to Marseille Bamba Dieng following a snub from Nicolas Jackson, in accordance to the Express. The report states that Saints are eager to bolster their attacking choices and have earmarked Dieng as an possibility. It is believed that had been eager on Jackson, nonetheless, he now appears set to be a part of AFC Bournemouth from Villarreal.