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title: "Journalist doesn’t see James Ward-Prowse signing for Aston Villa this summer"
canonical: "https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/journalist-doesnt-see-james-ward-prowse-to-aston-villa-happening-now/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Nick Pratt"
section: "Aston Villa"
published: "2021-08-18T16:10:07Z"
modified: "2021-08-18T16:10:07Z"
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# Journalist doesn’t see James Ward-Prowse signing for Aston Villa this summer

**Express and Star journalist Luke Hatfield doesn’t see Aston Villa signing James Ward-Prowse this summer.**

[Sky Sports](https://www.skysports.com/transfer/news/12691/12368283/james-ward-prowse-southampton-reject-aston-villa-bid-for-midfielder) reported earlier in the transfer window that the Saints had rejected a £25m bid from Villa for their club captain and the [Telegraph](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2021/08/11/transfer-notebook-aston-villa-tottenham-james-ward-prowse/) reported last week \[11th August\] that both Aston Villa and Tottenham were preparing moves for Ward-Prowse.

Saints manager Ralph Hasenhuttl told the media in his pre-match press conference ahead of Southampton’s opening Premier League match: *“Prowsey \[James Ward-Prowse\] is a guy who everybody wants to have, but I don’t see a scenario for him not to be with us for the next few years”* \[[football.london](https://www.football.london/tottenham-hotspur-fc/news/ward-prowse-transfer-spurs-villa-21295888)\].

Luke Hatfield also can’t see a deal taking Ward-Prowse to Villa Park happening, telling Transfer Tavern: *“The James Ward-Prowse one is tough for them.*

*“I just think when you sign a player from a club, like you signed Danny Ings it’s never a good look to sign a second player from them and for Southampton as their club captain as well who’s got a lengthy deal, I just don’t see it happening now.*

*“I think it would take a really large amount of money to even get Southampton considering to sell, especially considering that Ings and Vestergaard have both gone.”*

Aston Villa have already completed the signing of [Danny Ings](https://www.avfc.co.uk/news/2021/august/Villa-announce-Danny-Ings-signing/) from Southampton this summer, with the Saints also seeing defender [Jannik Vestergaard](https://www.lcfc.com/news/2213716/leicester-city-sign-defender-jannik-vestergaard) leave St. Marys for Leicester City.

Villa have had a brilliant summer transfer window, signing six players, with Ashley Young, Caleb Chukwuemeka, Axel Tuanzebe, Leon Bailey, Danny Ings and Emi Buendia all arriving at Villa Park.