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title: "Aston Villa: Journalist reacts to Boubacar Kamara update"
canonical: "https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/aston-villa-journalist-reacts-to-boubacar-kamara-update/"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Charlie Smith"
section: "Aston Villa News"
published: "2022-04-21T11:40:51Z"
modified: "2022-04-21T11:40:51Z"
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# Aston Villa: Journalist reacts to Boubacar Kamara update

**Journalist [Julian Laurens](https://twitter.com/laurensjulien/status/1516897504301883400?s=21&t=ea0-0x7u6n2-oNoNGYaWIA) has been reacting to an Aston Villa transfer ‘reveal’ involving Marseille midfielder Boubacar Kamara.**

### The Lowdown: Gerrard, Lange and Purslow in attendance

Steven Gerrard appears to be making a head start when it comes to summer signings, with midfield seemingly a key area he wants to bolster.

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[Geoffrey Kondogbia and Ibrahim Sangare](https://twitter.com/RyanTaylorSport/status/1516871467304206337) have both been recently scouted, while Leeds United’s [Kalvin Phillips](https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/kalvin-phillips-aston-villa-lead-race-for-60m-leeds-united-midfielder-h3f0fqsws) is also on their radar.

Kamara is the latest player Villa have now watched, with Gerrard, Johan Lange and Christian Purslow in [attendance](https://twitter.com/laurensjulien/status/1516897504301883400?s=21&t=ea0-0x7u6n2-oNoNGYaWIA) to look at the Marseille star in action against Nantes on Wednesday.

### The Latest: Laurens reacts

[Laurens](https://twitter.com/laurensjulien/status/1516897504301883400?s=21&t=ea0-0x7u6n2-oNoNGYaWIA) took to Twitter to react to the update involving Villa and Kamara. He labelled the 22-year-old as a ‘fantastic player’ and appeared to be excited for Villa, should they land his services on a free transfer.

> “RMC reveal that Steven Gerrard was at Marseille – Nantes at the Stade Velodrome tonight to watch Boubacar Kamara. He is out of contract in the summer. What a signing he would be for Aston Villa. Fantastic player.”

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### The Verdict: Would’ve left impressed…

Kamara is valued at £22.5m by [Transfermarkt](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/boubacar-kamara/profil/spieler/394327) and can also turn out as a centre-back, so a free transfer could be an extremely shrewd move by Villa.

Kamara’s display would have left Gerrard, Lange and Purslow impressed in the 3-2 win for Marseille. As per [SofaScore](https://www.sofascore.com/fc-nantes-olympique-de-marseille/QHsXH), Kamara was the third-best player on the pitch with a match rating of 7.8/10. Turning out in a three-man midfield, the Frenchman completed a whopping 105 of his 112 attempted passes, won six of his nine duels and even won a penalty.

Villa may now look to step up their interest following his display, with the club able to make contact over a pre-contract agreement right now due to his contract situation in France.

***In other news: [Source: Villa and Lange now working on another new deal for star Gerrard says has ‘got the lot’.](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/aston-villa-news/aston-villa-source-drops-ollie-watkins-update/)***