Aston Villa have enjoyed another outstanding season under Unai Emery. Pushing for a top-five finish, reaching the Champions League quarter-finals, and making the FA Cup semi-finals has only increased their appeal to top players across Europe. Emery’s attention is still on ending the current campaign strongly, but Villa’s recruitment team—led by Monchi—is already planning for next season.
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00:00Aston Villa have enjoyed another outstanding season under Unai Emre, pushing for a top five finish, reaching the Champions League quarter-finals and making the FA Cup semi-finals has only increased their appeal to top players across Europe.
00:18Emre's attention is still on ending the current campaign strongly, but Villa's recruitment team, led by Monchi, is already planning for next season.
00:26The club has a £40m option to sign Marcus Rashford from Manchester United, while Marco Asensio could also be brought in permanently from PSG.
00:38This is the next object we will have for the next six matches we're going to play in Premier League, to get Europe and hopefully to get Champions League and to play in FA Cup as well for a trophy.
00:51Centre-back is a key area Emre wants to strengthen. Axel de Sassi could stay after his loan from Chelsea, but Villa have other targets too. A young, versatile forward is also being considered.
01:05With transfer rumours starting to pick up, here's how Villa's starting XI could look next season, based on current links and performances.
01:12In goal, Jean Garcia, the Espanyol star, is a target if Emi Martinez leaves. He's available for around £20m.
01:21In defence, Matty Cash, Enzo Boyoma, Andrew Konsa and Ian Mattson. Cash remains first choice at right-back.
01:28Boyoma is a £21m target from Osasuna. Konsa is ever-reliable and Mattson is finally making the left-back spot his own.
01:37On to the midfield, Boubacar, Kamara, Uri Tielemans and Marcus Asensio. Kamara is central to Emre's plans. Tielemans has become one of the season's best performers and Asensio could be a real steal at £15m.
01:51And in attack, Morgan Rodgers, Jacob Ramsey, Samu Agahoua. Rodgers, a rising star, Ramsey continues to grow under Emre.
02:00And Agahoua, currently at Porto, is being lined up to support or rotate with Ollie Watkins.
02:06With a settled core and exciting new additions potentially coming in, the future is looking bright for Aston Villa.
02:13And in the future is looking bright for Aston Villa.