Villa have turned a corner with their last two away performances - and Unai Emery says they are 'really hungry' to end the season in style

Finance expert Stefan Borson exclusively told Football Insider both clubs appear to have breached Uefa’s squad cost ratio (SCR) rules in 2024. Clubs in European competitions were required to keep spending on player wages and fees to 80 per cent of revenue last year.

The Spaniard began his career at Celta Vigo and found his way into England when Brentford signed him for €1.5 million in 2014. He was superb for the Bees, but he left Griffin Park for new pastures in the Second City as he joined Birmingham for a fee in excess of £6 million.

Aston Villa, Everton and several other Premier League clubs appear to be interested in signing the Celtic superstar.

Arsenal are interested in signing the highly rated South American forward Santiago Castro from Italian club Bologna at the end of the season.The 20-year-old has done quite well since joining the

Emery confirmed midfielders Ross Barkley and Amadou Onana remain out for Saturday's game because of injury. Pau Torres, Matty Cash and Boubacar Kamara all returned to the matchday squad in Tuesday's victory over Club Brugge and he said all three will slowly be reintroduced with more minutes in the coming fixtures.

"We needed our goalkeeper. We needed our defence to be strong. From crosses they are dangerous, but I think we did a fantastic job." On Axel Disasi: "He's here because he wanted to be with us. Today he made one more step forward [in terms of] adapting to us and supporting us."

Aston Villa put on a show in the first leg of the fixture after beating Club Brugge 3-1 thanks to an own goal, and goals from Bailey and Asensio.