{"id":643347,"date":"2024-07-16T15:44:01","date_gmt":"2024-07-16T19:44:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=643347"},"modified":"2024-07-16T15:44:01","modified_gmt":"2024-07-16T19:44:01","slug":"moussa-diaby-al-ittihad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2024\/07\/16\/moussa-diaby-al-ittihad\/","title":{"rendered":"Aston Villa in Negotiations to Sell ‘Important’ \u00a346 Million Forward"},"content":{"rendered":"

Aston Villa have started negotiations with Al Ittihad over the sale of Moussa Diaby for a fee in the region of \u20ac55 million (around \u00a346 million). The player is open to the <\/span>transfer,<\/span> despite only joining the Premier League a year ago.<\/span><\/p>\n

Al Ittihad in Negotiations to Sign Aston Villa <\/span>Forward,<\/span> Moussa Diaby<\/span><\/h2>\n

Diaby Open to Leaving<\/span><\/h3>\n

Fabrizio Romano<\/span><\/a> reports that Al Ittihad <\/span>“<\/span>plan to advance<\/span>” <\/span>in their pursuit of Aston Villa <\/span>man,<\/span> Moussa Diaby. The Saudi Arabian club has begun negotiations with an initial proposal in excess of \u20ac50 million with add-ons, and it <\/span>is believed<\/span> the player is<\/span> “<\/span>open to the mov<\/span>e<\/span>“.<\/span> However, the Villans are holding out for more than <\/span>\u20ac55 million<\/span> as they regard the Frenchman<\/span> “<\/span>important<\/span><\/a>“<\/a> <\/span>to the team.<\/span><\/p>\n

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It has been just a year since the player signed a <\/span>five-year contract<\/span> in <\/span>what was<\/span> a fantastic coup for the English side. The player had even rejected a<\/span> “<\/span>huge bid from Al Nassr<\/span>“<\/span><\/a> to join Unai <\/span>Emery’s<\/span> project in a deal worth \u20ac50 million, and it was his preference to play in the Premier League that was a key factor. <\/span><\/p>\n

Fast forward to now, the 25-year-old has seemingly changed his mind and is happy to feature in the Saudi Pro League. Fortunately for Aston Villa, they will at least recover a hefty portion of the money they had initially spent, with Al Ittihad willing to pay a significant fee for Diaby.<\/span><\/p>\n

A Key Player for Aston Villa<\/span><\/h3>\n

This news may come as a shock to fans, who were only just getting used to the <\/span>player’s<\/span> contributions. He <\/span>appeared<\/span> in all 38 of Aston <\/span>Villa’s<\/span> Premier League games, recording six goals and eight assists. The <\/span>Frenchman’s<\/span> speed and technique made for an exciting player to watch; it would be a shame for the league to lose a talent of his calibre.<\/span><\/p>\n

With <\/span>Emery’s<\/span> men securing Champions League football for the first time since 1983, the next season will undoubtedly be a big challenge. <\/span>It’s<\/span> been promising to see the <\/span>team’s<\/span> various movements in the transfer market so far <\/span>and<\/span> Villa have introduced plenty of new faces <\/span>to the team<\/span>, including <\/span>Ross Barkley<\/span><\/a> and <\/span>Ian Maatsen.<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span>Recently, they have also<\/span> made significant progress towards signing <\/span>Amadou Onana<\/span><\/a> in a deal worth \u00a350 million.<\/span><\/p>\n

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However, despite these advancements, Aston Villa have been worryingly comfortable with starting negotiations for the sale of <\/span>key<\/span> starters ahead of such an important campaign. <\/span><\/p>\n

Douglas Luiz<\/span><\/a> was the first to walk, and Diaby could potentially follow – losing several vital players like this may damage the dynamics in what was previously a very successful system. A<\/span>s long as the club can target a suitable replacement, similar to the Onana deal, <\/span>there is still the chance of them maintaining<\/span> their performances from last season.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Aston Villa have started negotiations with Al Ittihad over the sale of Moussa Diaby for a fee in the region of \u20ac55 million (around \u00a346 million). The player is open to the transfer, despite only joining the Premier League a year ago. Al Ittihad in Negotiations to Sign Aston Villa Forward, Moussa Diaby Diaby Open […]<\/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":[3838,30,7188],"tags":[177,7209],"class_list":["post-643347","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-aston-villa","category-news","category-rumours","tag-aston-villa","tag-moussa-diaby"],"modified_by":"Henry Chung, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/643347","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=643347"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/643347\/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=643347"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=643347"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=643347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}