Elijah Briscoe

Striker - Aston Villa
26 Jan 2027
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24 Edition

The Aston Villa Courier

11 Jan 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market11 Jan 2027

Matteo Ruggeri agrees terms with Portsmouth

The clubs have settled the fee and he has settled his wages. What remains is a medical and a photograph, and around Aston Villa people have started saying his name in the past tense.

Transfer targets11 Jan 2027

Aston Villa rebuffed over Gabri Veiga

Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Porto have kept their man, and Aston Villa go back to a list with one name crossed off it.

Transfer targets11 Jan 2027

No deal for Sandro Tonali at that price

Aston Villa offered $24.5M; Tottenham said it was not close. The manager will be told the money is still there for the right player, which is what managers are told.

Market11 Jan 2027

Leicester City join the queue for Amadou Onana

Add another name to the list: Leicester City have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Amadou Onana. The answer from Aston Villa has not changed — yet.

Market11 Jan 2027

Aston Villa turn down Plymouth Argyle for Brian Madjo

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

Boardroom11 Jan 2027

Aston Villa go back to the board over Alex Bangura

The number the board signed off was not enough. It has been asked again and raised its own offer to $13.3M — a club that wants Alex Bangura enough to be asked twice.

Squad11 Jan 2027

Amadou Onana in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Aston Villa this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Market11 Jan 2027

Matteo Ruggeri raises the bar for Aston Villa

“I want to be playing for trophies while my legs still let me.” Nothing in that sentence is a transfer request, and nobody at Aston Villa heard it as anything else.

Squad11 Jan 2027

The step up is real for Elijah Briscoe

At 19 he is doing things this season that he could not do last season, and doing them every week. Form comes and goes; this has stayed long enough to be called something else.

In brief

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The Aston Villa Courier

5 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Match3 Oct 2026

Aston Villa tear Burnley apart

Rarely has this fixture seen a display like it: 3‑0 against Burnley, and it could have been more.

Player ratings5 Oct 2026

A defender's goal wins it for Aston Villa — 7.28

1 for João Gomes, marked 7.28, and a centre-half's name in the part of the report he normally only reaches by mistake. He will not be allowed to forget it in the dressing room for a month.

Squad5 Oct 2026

Words exchanged at Aston Villa

Amadou Onana and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

Player ratings5 Oct 2026

Emiliano Buendía beats them one at a time

Successful dribbles: 22. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.

Squad5 Oct 2026

Real improvement from Elijah Briscoe at Aston Villa

Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Elijah Briscoe is 18, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.

Player ratings5 Oct 2026

A masterclass from John McGinn

Marked 8.45 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.

Player ratings5 Oct 2026

Ninety minutes of Amadou Onana at his very best

Marked 8.21. Players have careers without a single afternoon like this in them, and he has just had one in front of everybody at Aston Villa.

The dugout5 Oct 2026

Timothy Jones has his say

“We earned that. I asked them for a reaction and I got one, and now I want the same again on Saturday.” Timothy Jones on a 3‑0 afternoon that pleased him more than he was prepared to show.

Squad5 Oct 2026

Vinnie Hayward is no longer first choice

The manager has re-ordered his thinking and Vinnie Hayward has come out of it lower. He will be told it is temporary, and the players who have heard that before will avoid his eye.

In brief