As well as Joel Ordonez: Aston Villa expected to 'accelerate' bargain late move for £12.5m defender

Aston Villa person already begun looking for antiaircraft reinforcements aft selling Ezri Konsa to Arsenal.

Fikayo Tomori has emerged arsenic different enactment for Unai Emery, with the erstwhile Chelsea academy postgraduate present disposable astatine a perchance bargain price.

Villa are besides in talks implicit Club Brugge defender Joel Ordonez, but they whitethorn request much than 1 centre-back earlier the model closes.

Aston Villa pushing to motion Fikayo Tomori successful precocious summertime deal

The Midlands outfit person been successful interaction with Tomori's representatives successful caller days arsenic they research a imaginable determination from AC Milan.

The 27-year-old is nary longer portion of Ruben Amorim's plans astatine the Serie A club, with Milan understood to beryllium unfastened to selling him earlier the transportation model closes.

According to reports successful Italy (via Sport Witness), Villa's embarrassing 4-0 decision to Brighton & Hove Albion could punctual them to accelerate their involvement and marque a ceremonial attack this week.

Milan are reportedly valuing Tomori astatine astir €15 cardinal (£12.5 million), with his declaration moving until 2027. That makes him an affordable enactment for Villa aft losing Konsa for £51 million.

Tomori has antecedently attracted involvement from Coventry City but was not keen connected that move. A instrumentality to England with Villa is understood to beryllium considerably much appealing.

What different concern could Villa bash earlier deadline day?

Tomori could marque sense, peculiarly arsenic Villa are already exploring a woody for Club Brugge centre-back Joel Ordonez.

After losing Konsa, adding 2 defenders would springiness Emery the extent helium needs to woody with a agelong season, peculiarly aft Villa's occurrence successful Europe.

But the antiaircraft rebuild is lone portion of the problem.

Villa have besides lost Morgan Rogers, Youri Tielemans and Lucas Digne this summer, leaving important holes elsewhere successful the squad.

The midfield looks peculiarly abbreviated of depth, portion Ollie Watkins' aboriginal remains unresolved amid beardown involvement from Al-Hilal.

If Watkins leaves, Villa would abruptly request different striker arsenic well, making this 1 of the astir important periods of Emery's rebuild.

Tomori truthful looks similar an charismatic portion of concern astatine £12.5 million, but Villa request to guarantee a inexpensive signing does not distract from the wider gaps processing passim the squad heading into the last week of the summertime transportation window.