Aston Villa will spend big again this summer and are looking to land two wide forwards ahead of the 2021/22 season.
That’s according to a report from Football Insider, who have been informed by a Villa source that their key area to improve is in attack.
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Wide additions Villa’s priority
Potential wide additions are being looked at, with two signings to play out on the flanks in Dean Smith’s 4-2-3-1 system the club’s priority.
Villa have spent over £88m during the current campaign, with five players joining in eight-figure deals.
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Transfer Tavern take
This update is slightly different to a report from the reliable John Percy of The Telegraph.
He claimed earlier this month that the club will look to sign a winger along with a centre-forward to provide competition to club-record signing Ollie Watkins. Looking to bring in two wingers instead of one though, is a shrewd decision in our view.
The club have four senior wide men on the books currently in club captain Jack Grealish, Trezeguet, Bertrand Traore and Anwar El-Ghazi.
Adding two more of real quality could then allow Grealish to move to a central role behind Watkins, leaving the likes of Trezeguet, Traore and El-Ghazi needing to step up their game to become a regular next season.
Those three players combined have managed just 13 top flight goals this term, so a player who can muster up double digits by themselves would be a big improvement, while Trezeguet is also likely to be sidelined for considerable time through the injury he sustained against Liverpool.
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