Bayer Leverkusen winger Moussa Diaby ‘set to undergo a medical at Aston Villa after club-record £50m transfer is agreed’… with player having rejected chance to join Al-Nassr
Bayer Leverkusen winger Moussa Diaby ‘set to undergo a medical at Aston Villa after club-record £50m transfer is agreed’… with player having rejected chance to join Al-Nassr
- Bayer Leverkusen value Moussa Diaby, their star winger, at about £50million
- The Frenchman racked up 14 goals and 11 assists in all competitions last season
- Villa have had to fend off interest in the player from Saudi Arabian side Al Nassr
Bayer Leverkusen winger Moussa Diaby will reportedly undergo a medical at Aston Villa after the Premier League club agreed a club-record fee with the German outfit.
The fee, expected to be worth up to £50m including add-ons, was matched by Al-Nassr but France international Diaby has chosen Villa.
The deal would make Diaby Villa’s most expensive ever signing, well above the £0m paid to Norwich for Emi Buendia two years ago.
talkSPORT claim the move will be finalised once Diaby completes his medical examination.
It will also be good news for PSG, who are set to receive around £6m of the fee having agreed a sell-on clause when they sold him to Leverkusen.
Bayer Leverkusen winger Moussa Diaby will reportedly undergo a medical at Aston Villa
Diaby was keen for his future to be resolved before Leverkusen departed for their pre-season training camp in Austria.
Mail Sport revealed earlier this month that Diaby was Villa’s priority target in their hunt for a new wide attacking player.
Villa boss Unai Emery knows the player well from his time in charge of Paris St Germain. Emery managed the Ligue 1 giants from 2016-2018, when Diaby was progressing through the ranks.
His versatility across the front line is one of the main qualities that appealed to Emery.
Diaby’s performances for Leverkusen have caught the eye of a number of top clubs
He joined Leverkusen in 2019 and contributed 14 goals and 11 assists in all competitions last season, catching the attention from a number of top European clubs, including the likes of Arsenal.
Diaby was under contract for two more years and Leverkusen wanted to keep him but the Premier League is where he wanted to be.
His goal has always been to play Champions League football but with Emery backed by billionaire owners Nassef Sawiris and Wes Edens, Villa believe they can get there in the coming seasons, and time is on the side of Diaby, who turned 24 earlier in July.
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