As in the previous ones, this summer the Premier League clubs should have the main say in the football market, and Aston Villa announced the hot summer on the Island by activating the first ‘bomb’ of the transfer window.The Birmingham club has made official the arrival of 22-year-old Ian Maatsen, the left-back for whose arrival Chelsea received 44,500,000 euros!The Premier League put serious pressure on many clubs with the ‘profitability and sustainability rule’. Chelsea – as the biggest spender in the previous two years – was forced to “iron out” their financial books, and since he went through the football academy of the London club, the sale of Maatsen was seen as an ideal solution at Stamford Bridge. Villa took advantage of the situation and for the historic placement in the Champions League, they gifted themselves with a player who participated in this year’s final of the elite European competition, with which they signed a six-year contract.##NAJAVA_MECA_8185818##Maatsen spent the second part of last season in Dortmund, for which he played 23 games in all competitions, scoring three and setting up two goals. Satisfied with his performances, the club from Westfalia wanted to buy him at the end of the season, but they were not able to allocate 40,000,000 euros, which was the amount of the buyout clause that the two clubs agreed upon when concluding the loan. Money was not a problem for Villa, however, and they made the Dutch national team player the second most expensive signing in history. They allocated more money only for Moussa Diaby, for whom they paid 55,000,000 euros to Leverkusen a year ago.Aston Villa is delighted to announce the signing of Ian Maatsen from Chelsea. ✅— Aston Villa (@AVFCOfficial) June 28, 2024 Before Maatsen, Villa also brought Lewis Dobbin, for whom they paid close to 12,000,000 euros to Everton, interestingly, another club that is threatened by the violation of the mentioned rule of the Premier League, which is why the media on the Island are already making certain theories.Unai Emery now has three options at left back. In addition to Maatsen, there are also Luka Digne and Alex Moreno, with the fact that Villa will try to sell the French footballer partly because of the salary of 120,000 pounds, which is marked as too high.
