The Aston Villa Courier
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
Fee done, terms next for Harrison Armstrong
Aston Villa and Everton have settled on $7.6M. The rest belongs to the player and his agent, and a supporter who has watched one of these before knows not to buy the shirt yet.
Market17 Aug 2026
Aston Villa pay Al-Qadisiyah $15.9M for a proper upgrade
Al-Qadisiyah did not want to sell and the number is why they did. $15.9M for Julián Quiñones, and the expectation that arrives with him is the kind no amount of settling-in period softens.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
Door shut on Che Adams
Aston Villa asked and Torino said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Squad17 Aug 2026
A move Julián Quiñones would have made for nothing
There is a version of every career where the player ends up somewhere he chose rather than somewhere that chose him. Julián Quiñones is living that version at Aston Villa, and it tends to show in the first month.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
No deal for Sydie Peck at that price
Aston Villa offered $4.5M; Sheffield United 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.
Market17 Aug 2026
Aston Villa say no — this time
The offer from Kapfenberg for Brian Madjo was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
Aston Villa go back to the board over Harrison Armstrong
The number the board signed off was not enough. It has been asked again and raised its own offer to $8.1M — a club that wants Harrison Armstrong enough to be asked twice.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Aston Villa
Leon Goretzka was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
4 academy players handed senior numbers at Aston Villa
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
In brief
- Market Aston Villa promote Christopher Matthews from within
- Market Samuel Clarke steps up from the Aston Villa academy
- Squad A row about effort at Aston Villa