On June 22nd, Aston Villa manager Unai Emery has asked Monchi and Damian Vidagany to bring Real Betis’ Jesús Rodríguez to Villa Park
A day later, we that Aston Villa have accelerated their efforts to sign the winger. It was also stated the La Liga club would want €30-35m.
Thursday’s edition of reports Como and Aston Villa are ‘stalking’ the player, who is likely to leave this summer.
On Monday, Italian journalist reported Como had held a meeting to try and secure the 19-year-old. Despite Como’s meeting earlier this week, Aston Villa are still in the race to sign him.
The situation around Rodríguez has forced Real Betis to look for options to replace him. They have identified Bayern Munich’s Bryan Zaragoza and Atlético Madrid’s Rodrigo Riquelme as the main options.
Real Betis CEO Ramón Alarcón and sporting director Manu Fajardo made a trip to Madrid to hold talks with Atlético for Johnny Cardoso. They are said to have discussed Riquelme during this meeting.
Cardoso is likely to join Los Rojiblancos and earlier today, Aston Villa’s Enzo Barrenechea is among the favourites to replace him. They also stated the Villans could request €10m for him.
Emery’s side may use Barrenechea as a bargaining chip to try and beat Como to Rodríguez’s signature.
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