{"id":641883,"date":"2024-06-23T06:03:08","date_gmt":"2024-06-23T10:03:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=641883"},"modified":"2024-06-23T06:03:36","modified_gmt":"2024-06-23T10:03:36","slug":"juventus-aston-villa-reach-agreement-douglas-luiz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2024\/06\/23\/juventus-aston-villa-reach-agreement-douglas-luiz\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Now Booking Medical’: Aston Villa Reach Agreement on Transfer"},"content":{"rendered":"

Juventus and Aston Villa have agreed on a massive three-player transfer deal. Douglas Luiz will move to Juventus, while Samuel Iling Jr and Enzo Barrenechea will head to England. This news finally concludes a prolonged transfer saga between the two clubs.<\/span><\/p>\n

Juventus and Aston Villa Set to Confirm New Signings – Douglas Luiz<\/span><\/h2>\n

Douglas Luiz Leaving Aston Villa<\/span><\/h3>\n

Fabrizio Romano<\/span><\/a>\u00a0announces\u00a0that\u00a0a\u00a0“verbal agreement”\u00a0has finally been\u00a0reached between Juventus and Aston Villa on a big three-player swap deal.\u00a0The news of a deal being in the works broke out before the transfer window had opened for Premier League clubs. With several twists and turns along the way, we have finally seen the trademark\u00a0“here we go”\u00a0to end what has been\u00a0quite a\u00a0prolonged transfer saga.<\/span><\/p>\n

Read More:\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>\u2018Desire To Complete A Deal\u2019:\u00a0Newcastle\u00a0\u2018In Discussions\u2019\u00a0With Premier League Club For \u00a3120k P\/W\u00a0Striker<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The swap deal will see Douglas Luiz join\u00a0Juventus,\u00a0in exchange for Samuel Iling Jr, Enzo Barrenechea, and an additional fee of \u00a323.7 million for Aston Villa. It\u00a0is\u00a0<\/span>expected<\/span><\/a>\u00a0for the Brazilian midfielder to complete his medical with the Brazil camp, after which he will sign a five-year deal lasting until June 2029. The other two players\u00a0are expected\u00a0to travel to England sometime next week to complete medicals at their new club.<\/span><\/p>\n

The main obstacle in the deal came from Weston McKennie\u00a0who\u00a0<\/span>originally intended<\/span><\/a>\u00a0to join Aston Villa as part of the transfer. However, the player could not agree on exit conditions with his club and\u00a0was ultimately\u00a0<\/span>removed<\/span><\/a>\u00a0from the deal. Regardless, both clubs endeavoured to find a solution and included 23-year-old\u00a0midfielder,\u00a0Barrenechea,\u00a0instead.<\/span><\/p>\n

Juventus Secure a Priority Transfer<\/span><\/h3>\n

New Juve head coach,\u00a0Thiago Motta, had\u00a0reportedly made Douglas Luiz a\u00a0<\/span>“priority target”<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0The transfer did not look easy, particularly given the setbacks\u00a0from the negotiations with McKennie.\u00a0However\u00a0with a deal verbally agreed now, the Serie A outlet will finally be able to add a\u00a0key\u00a0target to their squad,\u00a0in their hopes of winning\u00a0back the Scudetto for the first time since 2020.<\/span><\/p>\n

Read More:<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>Setback For Arsenal As\u00a0\u2018Unplayable\u2019\u00a0Youngster Decides To Leave The Club<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Arsenal have held significant interest in the 26-year-old in the past. They had\u00a0three bids\u00a0<\/span>rejected<\/span><\/a>\u00a0on the deadline day of the 2022 summer window and have previously considered him the\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u201cperfect player\u201d<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0The Gunners could be in the market for a midfielder this Summer; Juventus may have made an intelligent decision to anticipate potential interest from North London and seal the transfer early on in the window.<\/span><\/p>\n

Aston Villa Add Useful Squad Depth<\/span><\/h3>\n

Initially, it seemed like an unusual transfer decision for Aston Villa to negotiate a sale for one of their most valuable midfielders, especially given\u00a0<\/span>the fact<\/span>\u00a0that they will be playing UEFA Champions League football next season.\u00a0However, in this transfer, Unai Emery will be adding two players who could play\u00a0useful\u00a0squad roles, as well as\u00a0an additional cash sum that\u00a0could be reinvested\u00a0in the squad.<\/span><\/p>\n

With European commitments alongside usual domestic football, there will be a lot of games to be played next season\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0it<\/span>\u00a0is\u00a0important\u00a0to have the numbers in the team to maintain standards across several competitions. With that in mind, there is some sense in this transfer business. It remains to\u00a0be seen\u00a0whether the improvement in squad depth will be worth the sacrifice in quality.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Juventus and Aston Villa have agreed on a massive three-player transfer deal. Douglas Luiz will move to Juventus, while Samuel Iling Jr and Enzo Barrenechea will head to England. This news finally concludes a prolonged transfer saga between the two clubs. Juventus and Aston Villa Set to Confirm New Signings – Douglas Luiz Douglas Luiz […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5048,"featured_media":641902,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_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":[1362,3838,7188],"tags":[9848,3978,31980,7435,31979],"class_list":["post-641883","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-juventus","category-aston-villa","category-rumours","tag-aston-villa-transfer-rumours","tag-douglas-luiz","tag-enzo-barrenechea","tag-juventus-transfer-rumours","tag-samuel-iling-jr"],"modified_by":"Ricky Carroll, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/641883","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\/5048"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=641883"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/641883\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/641902"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=641883"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=641883"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=641883"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}