Aston Villa hit the jackpot when they brought Unai Emery instead of Steven Gerrard in the middle of the season. After 13 years, a European competition was secured, and the club honored the Spanish coach’s numerous wishes in the interim period.First, Youri Tielemans from Leicester arrived as a free agent, then Emery’s favorite Pau Torres came from Villarreal for 33,000,000 plus bonuses and percentages, and now it’s time for reinforcements in the wing positions. First wishes like Marco Asensio, Federico Chiesa and Nico Williams were not realized but Emery had several options in his mind.##NAJAVA_MECA_7385502##Aston Villa have agreed the transfer of French striker Moussa Diaby from Leverkusen after several days of exciting negotiations. Villa’s first offer of 45,000,000 euros was flatly rejected in Leverkusen and then Saudi Al Nassr stepped in and offered more. From the beginning, the Germans insisted on a compensation of 60,000,000 euros and in the end they boxed it out. Bild writes that a new Villa offer worth 50,000,000 euros fixed and 10,000,000 through bonuses arrived at BayArena last night, which was accepted. The player agreed his terms with the English club before that and still rejected a richer Arab offer because he wanted to go to the Premier League where he was called by Newcastle and Arsenal this summer.It is interesting that Emery and Diaby know each other from their time in Paris Saint-Germain. Diaby is a child of the Parisian club and he entered the first team just when Emery took the helm, but the Spaniard did not give him a chance to make his debut and sent him on loan to Crotone, where he played only two matches in half a season. When Emery left, Diaby got a chance at the Parc des Princes, played about thirty games in the 2018/19 season, but due to strong competition and Financial Fair Play, he was sold to Leverkusen for 15,000,000 euros. He established himself there, became a member of the national team and the best player of the club, and his paths will cross again with Emery.##EDITORS_CHOICE##Diaby is not the only reinforcement in the wing positions expected at Villa Park. The English club also went for the Belgian attacker Jeremy Doku from Rennes. He came to Brittany three years ago as the most expensive player in the club’s history, as Rennes paid 26,000,000 euros to Anderlecht for him. He had ups and downs, he was also plagued by injuries, but last season he gave a hint of his full potential. He was mentioned for a long time as a possible reinforcement for Liverpool, but the official offer from Anfield never arrived. However, it did from Villa Park.The first one was €25,000,000 and was rejected as Rennes had set the starting price at €40,000,000. However, it is announced that Aston Villa has prepared another offer of 30,000,000 euros that Rennes could accept. The terms with the player have already been agreed, which is why Doku allegedly rejected the offer from Italy. With Diaby and Doku, Emery would get speed on the wings and a change in style of play.
