Transfer news and rumours: Wrexham agree £7.2m signing, Aston Villa, Brighton confirm defender exits

Wrexham have reportedly reached an statement with Fiorentina to motion centre-back Matias Moreno this summer.

The Welsh outfit are yet to adhd to their squad since narrowly missing retired connected a spot successful the Championship playoffs past season, finishing seventh and conscionable 2 points down Hull City who secured promotion.

However, Sky Sports News claims that Phil Parkinson’s broadside person agreed a £7.2m woody to bring successful Moreno from Serie A nine Fiorentina, with the 22-year-old Argentine present successful discussions implicit idiosyncratic terms.

A aesculapian is expected to follow, portion Fiorentina are said to person inserted a 50% sell-on clause into the woody if it goes through.

Moreno has lone played 12 times for Fiorentina and spent past play connected indebtedness astatine Spanish side Levante wherever helium made 28 La Liga appearances.

A £7.2m transportation would correspond the second-most costly transportation successful Wrexham’s past aft the £10m accomplishment of Nathan Broadhead past summer.

Garcia leaves Aston Villa for Getafe connected loan

Moving up into the Premier League, Aston Villa person confirmed that full-back Andres Garcia has moved to Getafe on indebtedness for the 2026-27 campaign. 

The 23-year-old suffered with injuries passim past play and was constricted to lone 8 appearances crossed each competitions.

Garcia joined Unai Emery’s broadside successful January 2025 from Levante, wherever helium began his career, and inactive has 3 years remaining connected his declaration astatine Villa Park.

However, the determination has been made for Garcia to instrumentality to Spain connected a impermanent ground wherever helium volition anticipation to beryllium his fittingness and diagnostic regularly for the La Liga side.

Aston Villa person Matty Cash arsenic their first-choice right-back enactment astatine present, portion Kosta Nedeljkovic has returned from his indebtedness spell astatine RB Leipzig and could beryllium integrated into Emery’s first-team plans.

The departure of Garcia comes conscionable a fewer days aft the £35m merchantability of midfielder Youri Tielemans to Manchester United.

Brighton marque £7.6m nett aft selling Coppola

Elsewhere, Brighton & Hove Albion defender Diego Coppola has joined Paris FC on a imperishable deal.

The 22-year-old moved to the Amex Stadium from Hellas Verona successful June past twelvemonth for a reported £9.4m and signed a five-year contract.

However, Coppola played conscionable 5 times successful the Premier League nether Fabian Hurzeler earlier joining Paris FC connected indebtedness for the 2nd fractional of past season.

The 6ft 4in centre-back played 14 times for the French outfit arsenic they unafraid an 11th-placed decorativeness successful Ligue 1.

Now managed by erstwhile Brighton defender Liam Rosenior, Paris FC person spent astir £17m to motion Coppola connected a imperishable basis, ending his little stint with the Seagulls who person made a multi-million-pound nett connected the Italian.