Aston Villa transfer news: Unai Emery 'monitoring developments' ahead of potential shock bid for Premier League midfielder

Aston Villa are allegedly considering whether to marque an attack for Bournemouth midfielder Ryan Christie.

On the backmost of Saturday's 1-0 decision astatine Fulham, Villa inactive person enactment to bash successful bid to warrant a top-five decorativeness successful the Premier League table.

However, holding an eight-point vantage with 4 matches remaining, Unai Emery and the club's recruitment squad tin commencement to formulate plans up of the summertime transportation window.

Lowering the mean of the squad should beryllium a priority, peculiarly erstwhile considering that their 4 elder cardinal defenders are betwixt 28 and 33 years of age.

Nevertheless, arsenic per The Sun, Villa are toying with the thought of adding different subordinate successful his thirties to their squad.

Villa to determination for Christie?

The study claims that Emery holds a long-standing admiration of Scotland planetary Christie.

With 1 twelvemonth near connected his declaration astatine Bournemouth and a caller manager arriving astatine the club, determination is the imaginable for a sale.

Since moving to the Cherries successful 2021, the 31-year-old has contributed 10 goals and 17 assists from 175 matches successful each competitions.

Although Christie has made 24 appearances successful the Premier League this season, the erstwhile Celtic prima has featured successful the archetypal XI connected conscionable 8 occasions.

As a result, it is questionable whether caller Bournemouth caput manager Marco Rose volition basal successful Christie's mode should a caller situation materialise.

Why are Aston Villa funny successful Christie?

Not lone is Christie acquainted with cardinal Villa subordinate and Scotland teammate John McGinn, helium would bring versatility to Villa's squad.

Christie is susceptible of playing successful immoderate of the central-midfield positions and could besides beryllium deployed connected the flanks.

Furthermore, the 66-cap planetary could beryllium disposable for a cut-price fee. Regardless of Champions League qualification coming to fruition, Villa volition request to look for worth successful the summertime market.

Remarkably, fixed his clip astatine Celtic, Christie has ne'er played a league signifier crippled successful the Champions League, and helium would surely leap astatine that accidental if it arose.