Some Aston Villa fans have reacted to the latest claim linking the club with a summer move for Galatasaray defender Christian Luyindama.
Indeed, Turkish newspaper Sozcu (via Sport Witness) are reporting that the Villans are lining up a €15m (£13.5m) move for him, but only if they avoid relegation to the Championship.
The 26-year-old centre-back joined Turkish club Galatasaray in January 2019 on loan before completing a permanent move from Standard Liege last summer.
Despite his early impressions in the Super Lig, the DR Congo international has since found playing time hard to come by, making just 10 appearances during the 2019/2020 season thus far.
With interest now said to be developing from Villa for the defender, who can also operate as a defensive midfielder, the summer could prove to be an interesting one for the player.
Joining Villa with interest are said to be Premier League rivals Everton with Belgian news outlet Voetbalkrant reporting Carlo Ancelotti’s side have shown interest.
Villa currently sit 19th in the Premier League standings and are in desperate need to find a run of form when the 2019/2020 season resumes.
Reacting to the report via Twitter account @villareport, Claret and Blue fans gave their thoughts on the defender’s potential arrival. It seems opinion is split, some liked the fact that the club were planning for life in the Premier League, with one even suggesting they “sell Mings” – who has a WhoScored rating this term of just 6.63 – in favour of Luyindama.
However, others were less keen, with one suggesting they should “bring Tuanzebe home” instead – the Manchester United man enjoyed a positive 31-game loan spell at Villa Park last season.
Aston Villa are ready to offer €15m to sign Galatasaray defender Christian Luyindama – but only if they survive in the Premier League. [@gazetesozcu] #avfc
— villareport (@villareport) June 14, 2020
About time we had a goalscoring CB pic.twitter.com/sxRfSEyMJD
— J̶̢̤̰̦͈͔̝̮̱̮̎̐ (@ln1982) June 14, 2020
Seems we are after players only if we stay in the prem, I had they are planning for scenarios in the championship aswell
— Dan langford (@Danlangford6) June 14, 2020
I like the confidence but hope we have plan B in case we go down
— Notes In Pencil (@notes_in_pencil) June 14, 2020
Bring Tuanzebe home 🙁
— Sebastian Bacon (@SebastianBacon8) June 14, 2020
That’s a very Villa signing
— Leonard Rochester (@GoldenPalaceWW) June 14, 2020
Sell mings
— DAVID LEWIS (@avfcbears) June 14, 2020
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