Aston Villa are closing in on Nicolo Zaniolo’s loan deal from Galatasaray with a club offering a £3m fee and an option to buy the midfielder…while looking to cover for Emi Buendia
Aston Villa are closing in on Nicolo Zaniolo’s loan deal from Galatasaray with a club offering a £3m fee and an option to buy the midfielder…while looking to cover for Emi Buendia
Aston Villa completes the lease with Italian Nicolo Zaniolo from Galatasaray.
Villa have offered a £3 million loan deal with an option to buy the attacking midfielder for around £19 million.
Unai Emery’s side are rapidly closing in on a deal for the 24-year-old just months after he completed his move to Turkey.
Crucially, Villa sporting director Monchi is on good terms with Zaniolo, having picked him up during his spell at Roma, and is looking to re-sign him.
Zaniolo showed promising glimpses of Galatasaray last season, scoring five goals in 11 Super Lig appearances. However, it is expected that he will leave soon.
Aston Villa are finalizing a transfer to Galatasaray midfielder Nicolo Zaniolo
Unai Emery is keen on strengthening after Emi Buendia suffered an ACL injury
He played 94 games for Roma between 2018 and 2023, but after a rift in his relationship with the club, he was made redundant.
That resulted in a move to his current side, which is open to letting him leave.
Zaniolo opens up plenty of tactical options for Emery and can play across the front line, although he operates mainly on the left or as a second striker.
Villa wants to hire him as cover for Emi Buendia, the playmaker who has suffered an ACL injury that will keep him out for several months.
They started the Premier League campaign with a 4-1 defeat to Newcastle.