Aston Villa transfer news: Brazil international 'closing' on summer move after increased offer

Aston Villa are allegedly adjacent to finalising a woody for Flamengo defender Emerson Royal.

Having secured a instrumentality to the Champions League, Villa and manager Unai Emery are anxious to marque important additions to the first-team squad.

That indispensable beryllium achieved done continuing to comply with the applicable fiscal regulations, peculiarly erstwhile Villa received a UEFA punishment past year.

Although nary large transfers person been finalised astatine this stage, Villa person been heavily linked with a fig of players, including Emerson.

According to journalist Vene Casagrande, Villa are pressing up with their efforts to motion the erstwhile Tottenham Hotspur defender.

Aston Villa adjacent to Emerson signing

The study alleges that Villa person made a 2nd connection for the Brazil international, conscionable days aft seeing their archetypal bid rejected.

Earlier this week, it was claimed that Flamengo had rejected an connection successful the portion of £7.7m, yet negotiations are said to person continued.

Villa person reportedly accrued their connection to €10m (£8.63m), an connection that has seemingly proven acceptable.

While it is not categorically stated that the caller connection volition beryllium accepted, it is indicated that determination is each anticipation that a transportation volition yet beryllium completed.

Since signing for Flamengo past summer, Emerson has recorded 1 extremity and 5 assists from his 40 appearances successful each competitions.

Is signing Emerson a bully portion of transportation concern for Aston Villa?

Villa fans volition anticipation that determination are acold much high-profile signings to travel than idiosyncratic of Emerson's profile.

At the aforesaid time, helium ticks respective boxes. Not lone has helium played for Brazil connected 10 occasions, helium has antecedently played 101 times for Spurs and tin beryllium deployed successful respective roles.

Emerson volition beryllium viewed arsenic contention for Matty Cash astatine right-back. However, helium is besides an alternate astatine left-back, centre-back and further down the close flank.

Providing that Villa tin currency successful connected idiosyncratic similar Andres Garcia, who has lacked crippled clip down Cash, it feels similar a coagulated portion of concern for each concerned.