The Aston Villa Courier
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
An offer of $27.3M for Mohammed Fuseini
Aston Villa have gone to Union SG with a bid, and the supporters have gone to the internet with an opinion about it. Whether either changes anything is up to the selling club.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
An offer of $18.1M for Anatolii Trubin
Aston Villa have gone to Benfica with a bid, and the supporters have gone to the internet with an opinion about it. Whether either changes anything is up to the selling club.
Market17 Aug 2026
Aston Villa say no — this time
The offer from Napoli for Boubacar Kamara 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.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
Door shut on Stefanos Tzimas
Aston Villa asked and Brighton said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Market17 Aug 2026
Aston Villa sign Calvin Ramsay for $1.9M
The paperwork is done: Calvin Ramsay joins from Liverpool in a deal worth $1.9M. Now comes the harder part.
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.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Calvin Ramsay gets the move he always wanted
Footballers are asked about their boyhood club so often that nobody listens to the answer. Calvin Ramsay has just signed for Aston Villa, and for once the answer mattered.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
5 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.
Market17 Aug 2026
David Grant steps up from the Aston Villa academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. David Grant has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
In brief
- Market Jonathan Walker steps up from the Aston Villa academy
- Squad A row about effort at Aston Villa
- Squad The formation has left Thierno Barry behind