{"id":455176,"date":"2019-06-10T09:39:41","date_gmt":"2019-06-10T13:39:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonfootball.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=455176"},"modified":"2019-06-10T09:39:41","modified_gmt":"2019-06-10T13:39:41","slug":"anwar-el-ghazi-makes-permanent-move-to-aston-villa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2019\/06\/10\/anwar-el-ghazi-makes-permanent-move-to-aston-villa\/","title":{"rendered":"Anwar El Ghazi Makes Permanent Move to Aston Villa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Newly promoted Aston Villa have completed the permanent signing of <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/ffa90327\/Anwar-El-Ghazi?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Anwar El Ghazi<\/a> from Lille. The Dutchman signs a four-year deal at Villa Park, keeping him with the Villans until 2023.<\/p>\n<h1>Aston Villa Sign <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/ffa90327\/Anwar-El-Ghazi?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Anwar El Ghazi<\/a>\u00a0Permanently<\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en-gb\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">He\u2019s back! ?<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re delighted to confirm <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AElGhazi7?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@AElGhazi7<\/a> has signed on a permanent deal.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Ul4YFczCBc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/Ul4YFczCBc<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AVFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#AVFC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VCUI5AfZcY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/VCUI5AfZcY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Aston Villa (@AVFCOfficial) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AVFCOfficial\/status\/1138009252319191042?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">10 June 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Loan Spell Made Permanent<\/h2>\n<p>Anwar El Ghazi has signed for Aston Villa on a permanent deal. The 24-year-old impressed heavily while on-loan from Lille last season.<\/p>\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\u2019s second Wembley appearance in as many seasons;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/90f91999\/John-McGinn\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">John McGinn<\/a>\u00a0doubled the Midlands side\u2019s lead in the second half.<\/p>\n<p>The 24-year-old&#8217;s impressive performances led to many reports suggesting the Villans would exercise their option to turn the loan deal permanent.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout his loan spell with Villa, El Ghazi netted six times and was seen as a player who can continue to develop.<\/p>\n<p>The Dutchman, who is highly rated across European football, made 37 appearances for Villa last term.<\/p>\n<p>Aston Villa boss, Dean Smith, expressed his delight at signing El Ghazi on a permanent deal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnwar proved to everybody at Wembley how good a player he can be for Aston Villa,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.avfc.co.uk\/News\/2019\/06\/10\/aston-villa-sign-anwar-el-ghazi\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">he said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s ready for the step up to the Premier League and he\u2019s a young player who has an awful lot of potential. It\u2019s now my job and the job of the coaching staff and Anwar himself to fulfil the potential that he undoubtedly has.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019ll be a great addition to the squad for next season.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>El Ghazi has become the second signing of the summer as boss Smith prepares his squad for the Premier League.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/9f351459\/Jota\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jota<\/a>\u00a0recently joined the club as\u00a0he completed a move from Second City rivals Birmingham.<\/p>\n<p>The Villans are <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\">reportedly keeping tabs<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonfootball.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/clubs\/cardiff-city\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cardiff City<\/a> goalkeeper as preparations for Villa&#8217;s return to the top flight continue.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp; <a id=\"tRsG_ZBMQAFI5IgZ9BI93w\" class=\"gie-single\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.co.uk\/detail\/1146428498\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color:#a7a7a7;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal !important;border:none;display:inline-block;\" 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:'tRsG_ZBMQAFI5IgZ9BI93w',sig:'RUFgbzqXBiE3FRpU9vLBGmjvx1z3SOwtXxEhD50SyXo=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1146428498',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>Newly promoted Aston Villa have completed the permanent signing of Anwar El Ghazi from Lille. The Dutchman signs a four-year deal at Villa Park, keeping him with the Villans until 2023. Aston Villa Sign Anwar El Ghazi\u00a0Permanently &nbsp; He\u2019s back! ? We\u2019re delighted to confirm @AElGhazi7 has signed on a permanent deal.https:\/\/t.co\/Ul4YFczCBc#AVFC pic.twitter.com\/VCUI5AfZcY \u2014 Aston [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3040,"featured_media":455347,"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":[32,33,7,3,28],"tags":[3647,177,2023,1515,40,136],"class_list":["post-455176","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-league-football","category-championship","category-ligue-1","category-premier-league","category-transfers","tag-anwar-el-ghazi","tag-aston-villa","tag-dean-smith","tag-lille","tag-premier-league","tag-world-football"],"modified_by":"Nat Goodlad, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/455176","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=455176"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/455176\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/455347"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=455176"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=455176"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=455176"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}