{"id":627780,"date":"2023-08-31T02:59:22","date_gmt":"2023-08-31T06:59:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=627780"},"modified":"2023-08-31T02:59:22","modified_gmt":"2023-08-31T06:59:22","slug":"aston-villa-set-to-sign-clement-lenglet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/08\/31\/aston-villa-set-to-sign-clement-lenglet\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Agreement Reached&#8217;: Aston Villa Now Set to Make Another Major Signing After Player Agreed To Join &#8211; Deal Now To Be &#8216;Sealed&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Aston Villa are set to make another major signing as French international Clement Lenglet is close to sealing a move from Barcelona, according to reports from football journalist <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1696869206724120875?s=19\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fabrizio Romano<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>[metabet_core_polling_tile query=&#8221;soe\/aston_villa&#8221; size=&#8221;350&#215;300&#8243; site_id=&#8221;lastwordonsports&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2>Aston Villa Now Set To Make Another Major Signing After Lenglet Agreed To Join<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Clement Lenglet to Aston Villa, here we go! Agreement reached on loan deal as Lenglet will travel later today \ud83d\udfe3\ud83d\udd35\ud83c\uddeb\ud83c\uddf7 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AVFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#AVFC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Negotiations revealed yesterday now set to be sealed, waiting for documents to be signed. Player already agreed. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mcvClghH4O\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/mcvClghH4O<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1696869206724120875?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 30, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Clement Lenglet Set To Join Aston Villa<\/h3>\n<p>Barcelona defender Clement Lenglet is set to join Aston Villa in a loan deal, as revealed by Fabrizio Romano.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/08\/30\/tottenham-hostspur-ansu-fati-chelsea-liverpool\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">\u2018Last Hours\u2019: \u00a3230k-P\/W Star Tells Club to Let Him Leave; He Wants to Join Spurs<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1696869206724120875\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Posting on X<\/a>, formerly Twitter, Romano gave his now famous &#8220;here we go&#8221; quote and said Lenglet was set to travel to England after an agreement was reached on a loan deal. He also claimed the player had already agreed to the move and paperwork just needs to be signed before the move is finalised.<\/p>\n<h3>Lenglet No Stranger To English Football<\/h3>\n<p>Aston Villa have made several big signings this summer as Head Coach Unai Emery looks for the club to push on after last season&#8217;s seventh placed finish in the Premier League.<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes, players from abroad can take a while to settle in and it can scupper a club&#8217;s progress. Lenglet shouldn&#8217;t have that problem as he is familiar with English football after spending last season on loan at Tottenham Hotspur.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/08\/30\/tottenham-close-brennan-johnson\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Tottenham Now in Talks With Club Over 42 Goal Man After Fabrizio Romano Drops Major Update<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The French international made a total of 36 appearances in all competition for Spurs and recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/sport\/football\/1805320\/Tottenham-transfer-news-Barcelona-Clement-Lenglet-Giovani-Lo-Celso\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reports<\/a> suggested Lenglet could be heading back to North London. This followed a summer of rumours over the possibility of Lenglet moving to Spurs.<\/p>\n<p>However, it looks likely he will be heading back to the Premier League but with a different club.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"I (Probably) Insulted Your Club - Our Premier League Predictions For the New Season\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8uXqcL07DJg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Details of Lenglet to Aston Villa Deal Revealed<\/h3>\n<p>Following his initial &#8220;here we go&#8221; message, Romano followed up with another <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1696900637210919236\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">post<\/a> to reveal more details of the deal Aston Villa have agreed to bring Lenglet in on loan.<\/p>\n<p>In the latter tweet, Romano claims the deal is strictly a loan deal with no option or obligation for Villa to make the move permanent.<\/p>\n<p>He also revealed that Villa will be paying 75 per cent of the defender&#8217;s wages. This will be a substantial wage as sites such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.capology.com\/player\/clement-lenglet-34867\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">capology<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/4f28a6ff\/Clement-Lenglet\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">fbref<\/a> have Lenglet&#8217;s wage listed at approximately \u00a3198,000 a week.<\/p>\n<p>Featured image: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/39415781@N06\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Elliott Brown<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/2.0\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CC BY-SA 2.0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aston Villa are set to make another major signing as French international Clement Lenglet is close to sealing a move from Barcelona, according to reports from football journalist Fabrizio Romano. 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