Aston Villa have joined the race to signal Inter Milan defender Stefan de Vrij as Unai Emery seems to safe his first signing for the membership.
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That’s based on FC Inter News, who declare that Villa have joined the race to signal the Dutch centre-back, becoming a member of the likes of Atletico Madrid and Leicester City.
His contract is because of expire on the finish of the present season and Inter have but to agree on a brand new take care of the participant, opening up the possibilities of him shifting on in January.
Emery may land the 30-year-old for a discount worth, with Calciomercato claiming a price of simply €5m (£4m) could be sufficient to safe his signature subsequent month.
Dream first signing
Emery has gotten off to a stable begin as Villa supervisor, successful two of his first three Premier League matches, together with a victory over Manchester United.
Despite these early encouraging indicators, there nonetheless stays just a few points that the Spaniard must kind out, primarily defensively. The membership have conceded 22 league objectives this season and a move for one other centre-back seems to be a precedence.
De Vrij has loads of expertise on the highest stage, making 231 appearances in Serie A for each Inter and Lazio whereas successful 59 caps for the Netherlands.
The 30-year-old has been a titan on the coronary heart of the Inter defence this season, successful 66% of his complete duels, making 2.0 interceptions, 1.0 tackles, and three.0 clearances per sport whereas main the membership to 4 clear sheets within the 12 matches he has featured in.
This defensive acumen may very well be very important for Villa in the course of the second half of the season, with Emery hoping to land a dream first signing within the Dutchman.
Mauricio, his former teammate at Lazio lavished loads of reward on the Dutchman, saying: “Stefan is a good defender and deserves to be at a giant membership. He’s very tall, he’s robust and quick, he runs so much – he’s a monster!
“He also has excellent technique and knows how to play the ball like few others, and that’s the difference between him and other players. He’s a calm defender who never gets agitated.”
High reward certainly and Emery must be retaining a detailed eye on his scenario as January approaches, with the prospect to seal a discount £4m swoop for the defender far too good to show down.