{"id":453874,"date":"2019-06-09T06:30:54","date_gmt":"2019-06-09T10:30:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonfootball.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=453874"},"modified":"2019-06-09T08:16:09","modified_gmt":"2019-06-09T12:16:09","slug":"anwar-el-ghazi-permanent-aston-villa-move-agreed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2019\/06\/09\/anwar-el-ghazi-permanent-aston-villa-move-agreed\/","title":{"rendered":"REPORT: Anwar El Ghazi Permanent Aston Villa Move Agreed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Aston Villa have agreed a deal to sign <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/ffa90327\/Anwar-El-Ghazi\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Anwar El Ghazi<\/a> from Lille permanently, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.voetbalzone.nl\/doc.asp?uid=353212&amp;fbclid=IwAR0v15Mv1ut8BH7LdJ8B_rsgUqznc9sjtmZ6Dp9RQsT1HGFZQ7lgj2_yq2g\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reports from Holland<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h1>Aston Villa Agree Fee For Anwar El Ghazi<\/h1>\n<h2>A Permanent Move to Villa Park<\/h2>\n<p>The Villans returned to the top flight for the first time since their relegation in 2016 after beating Derby County in the play-off final at Wembley Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>Anwar El Ghazi netted on Villa&#8217;s second Wembley appearance in as many seasons; <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/90f91999\/John-McGinn\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">John McGinn<\/a> doubled the Midlands side&#8217;s lead in the second half.<\/p>\n<p>24-year-old El Ghazi spent last season on loan and Villa had the option to turn the move permanent this summer.<\/p>\n<p>Reports in Holland suggest that the deal is complete, an announcement to confirm a\u00a0\u20ac9 million fee is expected.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking after playing a huge helping hand in Villa&#8217;s promotion, El Ghazi <a href=\"https:\/\/www.expressandstar.com\/sport\/football\/aston-villa\/2019\/05\/28\/play-off-hero-anwar-el-ghazi-i-want-to-stay-at-aston-villa\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">said:<\/a> &#8220;I have really enjoyed it here and I love the club, and the fans.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I have to talk with my agent now. This club is amazing and I will be very happy if I can stay here.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But we have to figure it out first with Lille and I hope everything goes well so that I can stay here.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Throughout his time with the Villans, El Ghazi netted six times and is seen as a player who can continue to develop.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/transfer-news\/aston-villa-agreed-sign-anwar-16400921\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">BirminghamLive<\/a> have also confirmed that Villa will sign <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/bf8fad51\/Kortney-Hause\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kortney Hause<\/a> for \u00a33million. The defender is another loan star who has had their move turned permanent.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/9f351459\/Jota\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jota<\/a> became the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.avfc.co.uk\/News\/2019\/06\/05\/first-summer-signing-arrives\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">club&#8217;s first summer signing<\/a> when he completed a move from Second City rivals Birmingham. Meanwhile, Cardiff City&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/2642bf6c\/Neil-Etheridge\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Neil Etheridge<\/a> is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hitc.com\/en-gb\/2019\/06\/06\/neil-etheridge-reportedly-wanting-to-join-aston-villa-over-liver\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">keen target<\/a> for Dean Smith.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.walesonline.co.uk\/sport\/football\/transfer-news\/aston-villa-8m-transfer-bid-16373085?_ga=2.147704500.2048700732.1559584683-1512595859.1532107223\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">WalesOnline<\/a>, the Villans recently had an \u00a38 million bid rejected. However, the 29-year-old remains a target having played under Smith and goalkeeper coach Neil Cutler at Walsall.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"GqUGPe2iQCBOPrcmYSkC6Q\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.co.uk\/detail\/1146684234\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'GqUGPe2iQCBOPrcmYSkC6Q',sig:'DK7lTsjqFJqt1uISykLX4DZYmrUAa9Tc1jX2aN28mDc=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1146684234',caption: true ,tld:'co.uk',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aston Villa have agreed a deal to sign Anwar El Ghazi from Lille permanently, according to reports from Holland. Aston Villa Agree Fee For Anwar El Ghazi A Permanent Move to Villa Park The Villans returned to the top flight for the first time since their relegation in 2016 after beating Derby County in the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3040,"featured_media":454356,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32,33,30,3,28],"tags":[3647,177,38,2023,3808,40,136],"class_list":["post-453874","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-league-football","category-championship","category-news","category-premier-league","category-transfers","tag-anwar-el-ghazi","tag-aston-villa","tag-cardiff-city","tag-dean-smith","tag-neil-etheridge","tag-premier-league","tag-world-football"],"modified_by":"Nat Goodlad, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/453874","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3040"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=453874"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/453874\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/454356"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=453874"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=453874"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=453874"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}