Transfer news and rumours today: Aston Villa confirm defender signing, Sunderland agree midfielder deal

By Matt Law | 21 Aug 2026 15:16, Last updated: 21 Aug 2026 15:18

Aston Villa person confirmed the signing of Aaron Wan-Bissaka from West Ham United, with the right-back moving to Villa Park connected an archetypal indebtedness deal.

Wan-Bissaka has made the power to Villa initially connected indebtedness for the 2026-27 campaign, but determination is simply a conditional work to bargain adjacent summer.

There has been a big of speculation surrounding the defender's aboriginal this summer, with a transportation ever apt pursuing West Ham's relegation from the Premier League.

Villa person present secured the ex-Manchester United full-back's signature.

The 28-year-old has near West Ham having represented the Hammers connected 65 occasions successful each competitions, scoring doubly and registering 8 assists.

Wan-Bissaka is hugely experienced erstwhile it comes to Premier League football, meanwhile, having taken to the tract connected 233 occasions successful England's apical flight.

Sunderland 'agree' woody for Ahoka

Meanwhile, Sunderland person reportedly travel to an statement with Royal Antwerp implicit a determination for highly-rated cardinal midfielder Jules Ahoka.

A fig of clubs are believed to person been funny successful the 20-year-old.

However, according to transportation adept Fabrizio Romano, Sunderland person travel to an statement with Antwerp implicit a determination for Ahoka.

Romano claims that the midfielder is acceptable to marque the determination to England connected Friday to acquisition a medical, up of signing a semipermanent woody astatine the Stadium of Light.

Ahoka has lone featured connected 4 occasions for Royal Antwerp's archetypal team, but helium is viewed arsenic a prima of the future, with Sunderland beating a fig of clubs to a deal.

West Ham re-sign Mukasa connected indebtedness from Man City

Elsewhere, West Ham person re-signed Divine Mukasa connected indebtedness from Manchester City.

The guardant came done the younker strategy astatine the Hammers, representing the London club's younker academy betwixt 2013 and 2023 earlier making the determination to Man City.

The 18-year-old has made six appearances for Man City, including 2 Premier League outings during the 2025-26 campaign, but helium spent the 2nd fractional of past play connected indebtedness astatine Leicester City.

Mukasa netted doubly successful 16 appearances for the Foxes past term.

West Ham person present agreed to re-sign the guardant connected indebtedness for the 2026-27 campaign, arsenic the London nine look to unafraid a spot backmost successful the Premier League.

Mukasa has scored 3 times successful 11 appearances for England astatine Under-19s level.