The Aston Villa Courier
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
An offer of $14.8M for William Osula
Aston Villa have gone to Newcastle United 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Ayden Heaven arrives at the club he grew up with
Every footballer has an answer to the question about his boyhood club, and most of them never get to act on it. Ayden Heaven has, at Aston Villa, and the first month will show what that does to a man.
Market10 Aug 2026
St. Pauli come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Aston Villa did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Boubacar Kamara 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Brian Madjo stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Brian Madjo and Aston Villa agree another 5 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Market10 Aug 2026
Eyes on Tyrone Mings again
The phone has started ringing about Tyrone Mings again, and this time the name on the line is Manchester City. Aston Villa are listening politely and promising nothing.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Toronto FC tell Aston Villa: Lewis Morgan is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Jonathan Cunningham joins the Aston Villa first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Jonathan Cunningham is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
Aston Villa promote Liam Morgan from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Liam Morgan has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
In brief
- Squad Aston Villa are still strangers to each other
- The dugout Brian Madjo knocks on the manager's door