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title: "Aston Villa: Fans react to revelation that they nearly signed Joe Gomez and Benjamin Pavard"
canonical: "https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/aston-villa-fans-react-to-revelation-that-they-nearly-signed-joe-gomez-and-benjamin-pavard/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Luke Seychell"
section: "Aston Villa"
published: "2020-03-25T13:15:57Z"
modified: "2020-03-31T15:25:14Z"
---

# Aston Villa: Fans react to revelation that they nearly signed Joe Gomez and Benjamin Pavard

**There has been a very mixed response from a lot of Aston Villa fans after journalist Gregg Evans has reported that the club were close to signing both Benjamin Pavard and Joe Gomez, via [The Athletic](https://theathletic.com/1696848/).**

According to Evans, Gomez was offered more money by Villa but despite this he chose a move to Liverpool instead. Meanwhile, Pavard was available for less than £1 million at the time and even watched a game at Villa Park but in the end a deal didn’t happen.

Pavard, who now plays for Bayern Munich, recently won the World Cup with France in 2018, whilst he currently sits at the top of the Bundesliga with the defending champions having played 23 games this term, via [Transfermarkt](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/benjamin-pavard/profil/spieler/353366).

Gomez has also enjoyed a great career so far, recently winning the Champions League with Liverpool in 2019 and he also sits at the top of the Premier League at the moment, via [Transfermarkt](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/joe-gomez/profil/spieler/256178). Added to that, he is also a full England international and has already won eight caps in his fledgling career.

Both are under the age of 25, via [WhoScored](https://www.whoscored.com/PlayerComparison), as well, so they will surely further improve and win more silverware both domestically and potentially at international level too.

Many Villa fans have been reacting differently to the news that they almost signed the duo. Some are gutted that they didn’t manage to get them, whilst others insist that they would probably have not turned out as good had they moved to Villa Park.

Here is what some had to say…

> The full story [@TheAthletic](https://twitter.com/TheAthletic?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) of how [#AVFC](https://twitter.com/hashtag/AVFC?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) nearly signed Joe Gomez and Benjamin Pavard
>
> – Villa offered Gomez more money but he chose [#LFC](https://twitter.com/hashtag/LFC?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
>
> – Pavard was available for less than £1m and even watched a game at VP!
>
> Since then:
>
> Gomez (won CL)\
> Pavard (won WC)[https://t.co/aaG5hf3KSd](https://t.co/aaG5hf3KSd)
>
> — Gregg Evans (@greggevans40) [March 25, 2020](https://twitter.com/greggevans40/status/1242710306683531264?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Sounds like the lads dodged a bullet.
>
> — Kris’ World (@KrisAllert) [March 25, 2020](https://twitter.com/KrisAllert/status/1242728077915897857?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> This makes me sad
>
> — Joshh (@BsportJoshh) [March 25, 2020](https://twitter.com/BsportJoshh/status/1242711081220329472?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Bet they are both kicking themselves
>
> — Jason Price (@PriceyNumber1) [March 25, 2020](https://twitter.com/PriceyNumber1/status/1242780353267412993?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Yeah, we would’ve turned Gomez into the next James Bree and Bruce would’ve got rid of Pavard like he did Amavi.
>
> — .ten (@LH\_\_ten) [March 25, 2020](https://twitter.com/LH__ten/status/1242727987281305600?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Are we not depressed enough
>
> — No Context Aston Villa (@NoContextAVFC\_) [March 25, 2020](https://twitter.com/NoContextAVFC_/status/1242777597592981506?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Story of our lives, the class players we ‘almost’ signed
>
> — villarich (@villarich1982) [March 25, 2020](https://twitter.com/villarich1982/status/1242745654587383808?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

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