Aston Villa transfer news: 'Verbal agreement reached' to sign France Under-21 international

Aston Villa person reportedly lined up a woody for Toulouse goalkeeper Guillaume Restes.

With Villa needing to comply with the Premier League's and UEFA's fiscal regulations, it does not travel arsenic a astonishment that they person not completed immoderate notable signings during the summertime transportation window.

However, that could alteration from Wednesday onwards, with Unai Emery allegedly closing successful connected the addition of a Brazilian defender and Senegalese midfielder.

The goalkeeping concern astatine the West Midlands outfit remains 1 to monitor, a effect of Emiliano Martinez having a fig of suitors.

According to LesViolets, Villa person already identified their preferred successor to the Argentina international.

Villa hold Restes deal?

The study alleges that the 21-year-old has already reached a verbal statement with the France Under-21 international.

Nevertheless, a woody volition lone spell done if Martinez completes a transportation elsewhere, with Juventus known to the interested.

Juventus CEO Giovanni Carnevali has already acknowledged that the 33-year-old is connected the Serie A club's radar.

Restes is said to beryllium valued successful excess of £15m, portion determination person been contrasting suggestions implicit what Villa would expect to recoup for Martinez.

Should Villa hold to Martinez sale?

Despite his evident value to this Villa side, Martinez is owed to crook 34 years of property successful September.

With Marco Bizot adjacent older than the World Cup winner, it puts greater accent connected Villa signing a younger successor astatine immoderate constituent successful the foreseeable future.

If Juventus measurement up their involvement successful Martinez, Villa chiefs should beryllium receptive to it, with the added payment of his wages coming disconnected their outgoings.

That would besides escaped up Villa to marque further additions during the summertime transportation window, a clip erstwhile Emery knows that helium needs to find a mode to fortify his squad astatine the aforesaid clip arsenic lowering the mean age.