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The Aston Villa Courier

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Transfer targets10 Aug 2026

Aston Villa make their move for Thierno Barry

$37.9M on the table at Everton. The manager wanted him, the board agreed a number, and the only voices still to be heard are the ones at the other club.

Transfer targets10 Aug 2026

Aston Villa baulk at the price for Cody Gakpo

Liverpool wanted more than $37.2M and the board would not go there. Walked away, for now, which in a transfer window means until somebody blinks.

Transfer targets10 Aug 2026

Door shut on Federico Chiesa

Aston Villa asked and Liverpool said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.

Transfer targets10 Aug 2026

An offer of $5.7M for Tyler Goodrham

Aston Villa have gone to Oxford 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

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.

Market10 Aug 2026

Aston Villa promote Jonathan Young from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Jonathan Young 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.

Market10 Aug 2026

Aston Villa promote Luke Morgan from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Luke 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

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The Aston Villa Courier

3 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Transfer targets3 Aug 2026

Aston Villa rebuffed over Victor Osimhen

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

Squad3 Aug 2026

Leon Goretzka stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Leon Goretzka and Aston Villa agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Squad3 Aug 2026

Tempers go at Aston Villa

Boubacar Kamara 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.

Market3 Aug 2026

Ian Maatsen wants to know where this is going

“I want to win things, and I would like to do it here.” Nothing has been demanded and nothing has been threatened — but a boardroom at Aston Villa hears a sentence like that exactly as it was built.

Market3 Aug 2026

Aston Villa may not be able to give Emiliano Buendía what he wants

It is the most legitimate ambition in the sport and the hardest for most clubs to satisfy. Emiliano Buendía wants continental football; whether Aston Villa can provide it is a question about the next two seasons, not about him.

Squad3 Aug 2026

A move Radamel Falcao 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. Radamel Falcao is living that version at Aston Villa, and it tends to show in the first month.

Squad3 Aug 2026

Amadou Onana falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

Market3 Aug 2026

Talks stall between Aston Villa and Fletcher Boyd

“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.

Transfer targets3 Aug 2026

Aston Villa ask about Ayden Heaven

A loan enquiry to Manchester United: cover, or a look at somebody the club cannot afford to buy yet. Either way the answer will come back inside the week.

In brief