The Aston Villa Courier
Market17 Aug 2026
Aston Villa turn down Tottenham for Victor Lindelöf
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Squad17 Aug 2026
A move Dória 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. Dória is living that version at Aston Villa, and it tends to show in the first month.
Squad17 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.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
Graduation day at Aston Villa
2 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Words at Aston Villa training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Amadou Onana is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Market17 Aug 2026
Jonathan Graham steps up from the Aston Villa academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Jonathan Graham 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 Aston Villa promote Jason Morgan from within
- Squad Too much change too quickly at Aston Villa
- Market The Lamare Bogarde conversation is coming
- The terraces Everybody has an opinion about Dória