Those 20 appearances for the Hatters in their triumphant march towards the Premier League were enough for Luton Town to upgrade their cooperation with Zimbabwean midfielder Marvelous Nakamba and bring him permanently from Aston Villa.The 29-year-old signed a three-year deal with the newly promoted EPL side for £4,5m.There’s always an end to everything, good things as well. My time at Aston Villa has come to an end. I would like to thank the fans as they are the most important part of the club. A special thanks to the current and previous technical staff and all my team mates. UTV 💜 pic.twitter.com/f9y2ViyqL6— Marvelous Nakamba (@Nakamba_11) July 20, 2023 The Zimbabwe international scored the third penalty in the shootout victory over Coventry in the EFL Championship play-off final.”I’m very excited to be back home at Luton to continue the journey,” Nakamba said.”When I joined on loan, I felt love from everyone – the manager, the board, the staff, the players and the fans.”I was welcomed as part of the family and that pushed me to give everything for this club and help achieve the goal we had last season, which we did.”Bargain 💰@OfficialFPL | #COYH pic.twitter.com/5DTd1ldcJY— Luton Town FC (@LutonTown) July 21, 2023 Nakamba signed for Aston Villa from Bruges in 2019 for £11m and made a total of 68 appearances for the club, but has not featured for Villa since the final game of the 2021-22 season. Luton are preparing for their first campaign in the top flight in 31 years.The club’s manager Rob Edwards said about the newest signing:”We – the supporters, the board, the staff and the players – all fell in love with Marv for what he gave us.”Not just his work ethic, but his humility. He’s so unassuming; he just slotted in from day one, and it felt like he had been at Luton for ten years.##NAJAVA_MECA_7383427##”I think he felt that love. Everyone felt that he enjoyed himself and that it felt like home for him. That’s why it is special because he felt it was right, he felt comfortable at home – and now he is.”As a footballer, he was the glue that knitted us together,” concluded Edwards.
