Aston Villa complete £76m double deal for Mbaye and Harwood-Bellis on deadline day
Aston Villa completed a high-profile deadline-day double, signing 18-year-old Ibrahim Mbaye from PSG for about £47m and defender Taylor Harwood-Bellis from Southampton for around £29m as part of a heavy squad rebuild. Mbaye, a Senegal international who can impact the attack as a youngster, followed Villa’s summer of transfers that included major prior sales as they reshape the squad.
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About Unai Emery
Unai Emery Etxegoien is a Spanish football manager and former player who is the manager of Premier League club Aston Villa. Since 2021, he has been the majority shareholder of fourth-tier Spanish club Real Unión. One of the most successful managers in the history of European continental competitions, Emery holds the record for the most UEFA Europa League titles with five, and is widely considered one of the best managers in the world.
Everything about Unai Emery →- Occupation
- association football player, association football coach
- Citizenship
- Spain
- Born
- November 3, 1971
- Website
- http://unai-emery.com/