Aston Villa Daily Digest: Villa transfer news including a replacement for Emiliano Martínez
All change in the goalkeeper department and Villa reportedly fancy a Barcelona forward
The scrap for a Champions League place is well and truly on with just one game – two for Manchester City – left to play.
Aston Villa couldn’t have asked for a better set of results in the Premier League today. It’s all academic until we know the outcome of next Sunday’s final day but Nottingham Forest and Arsenal winning leaves the Lions with a fighting chance.
Here’s everything(ish) that’s fit to click in the world of the Villa today.
Your Aston Villa Daily Digest for 18th May 2025:
Things to know
↔️ Strasbourg midfielder Habib Diarra is in Villa’s transfer crosshairs… (Birmingham Live)
↔️ …and so is Barcelona forward Ferran Torres (Barca Universal)
↔️ Villa could go for a slice of Caoimhin Kelleher when Emiliano Martínez leaves in the summer (i)
👋 Martínez has offers from Manchester United and Barcelona. Tough choice! (DSPORTS)
↔️ Coventry City are supposedly “leading the race” for Kaine Kesler-Hayden but the report is from Alan Nixon, so who bloody knows? (Villa Report)
Things to read
👶 Aston Villa U18 2024/25 Treble Winners - A deserved ending to a special season. (Academy AVFC)
Things to watch
👶 VILLA U18s 1-0 MAN CITY U18s | U18s PREMIER LEAGUE NATIONAL CHAMPIONS (Aston Villa)
Beyond B6
🦊 ‘He brought a non-league personality to the top’: Jamie Vardy prepares for farewell party (The Guardian)
☘️ Celtic’s coronation shows Scotland needs end to 40 years of title tedium (The Guardian)