Diego Carlos

The player will travel to England in the next few hours to complete a medical and finalise personal terms. Diego Carlos, a Brazilian central defender, has been ...

Sky Sports News understands the fee is £26m; Carlos will travel to England later on Thursday to complete a medical and finalise personal terms; ...

You can also catch up with the ins, outs and analysis on Sky Sports News. Sky Sports News understands the fee is £26m; Carlos will travel to England later on Thursday to complete a medical and finalise personal terms; Newcastle tried to sign the Brazilian in January but refused to pay the £38m Sevilla were demanding at the time Carlos told Sevilla he wanted to leave but the Spanish club wanted to keep him at the time as they were still in the hunt for the LaLiga title.

Aston Villa have confirmed an agreement to sign Diego Carlos from Sevilla for a fee of £26 million.The Athletic reported on Wednesday that the Midlands club ...

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Villa have already been busy this summer, signing Philippe Coutinho from Barcelona and then bringing Atletico Madrid target Boubacar Kamara to the club from ...

Carlos was a huge part of that. Sevilla have also secured Champions League qualification three years running for the first time ever. Securing Carlos’ signature would be a coup.

Aston Villa have speeded up in the pursuit of Sevilla star Diego Carlos and a deal could be done within days.

The Villans have already started negotiations with the Spanish club and have communicated formally their intention to buy the centre-back. The release clause of the centre-back is €75m, but the Seville club are willing to part with him for €50m. And Aston Villa want to beef up in the centre-back department ahead of next season after already adding to midfield with the signing of Boubacar Kamara.

Diego Carlos looks set to sign for Aston Villa after the Midlands club reached an agreement with Sevilla for the January transfer target.

The player will travel to England in the next few hours to complete a medical and finalise personal terms. Sevilla's director of football Monchi recently admitted Carlos mulled over a move to Tyneside during the winter window. Aston Villa have reached an agreement to sign Sevilla defender Diego Carlos this summer.

A January target of Newcastle and a key part of Sevilla's defence, here's what Villa are getting after agreeing a deal for Diego Carlos.

Diego Carlos may have come back into the reckoning this summer with Eddie Howe still looking for another defender, but Villa have moved quickly to get the deal done. Diego Carlos defends long balls over the top comfortably and uses a mixture of his pace and strength to contain attackers. Diego Carlos has all that strength and will to impose himself on the game. “Fernando has so much experience and knowledge of the game. A detailed way of looking at his profile is to use smarterscout, which gives players’ games a series of ratings from zero and 99, a bit like the player ratings in the FIFA video games but powered by real data and advanced analytics. In that game, he responded with a decisive bicycle kick that was turned into the net, via Inter striker Romelu Lukaku.

The 29-year-old Brazilian centre-back is now set to travel to England for a medical.

Aston Villa have reached an agreement to sign defender Diego Carlos from Sevilla. “Aston Villa can confirm the club has reached an agreement with Sevilla FC for the transfer of Diego Carlos for an undisclosed fee,” a Villa statement read. Aston Villa agree deal to sign Sevilla defender Diego Carlos

Villa are on course to complete their third signing of the summer after agreeing a £26million fee with Sevilla for defender Diego Carlos.

Douglas Luiz, who has just one year remaining on his contract, is a target for Roma while offers will be considered for Morgan Sanson, Anwar El Ghazi and Trezeguet among others. Carlos has spent the last three years with Sevilla and was part of the team which won the Europa League in 2020, beating Wolves in the quarter-final. The centre-back will be their second signing since the end of the Premier League season, following the acquisition of Marseille midfielder Boubacar Kamara. A £17.2m deal to sign Philippe Coutinho from Barcelona was agreed earlier in the month.

Latest Aston Villa transfer news as the centre-back has previously opened up on talks around his future amid January interest from Newcastle United.

“If they reached an agreement and it turned out to be positive for me, fine, but since nothing concrete came to me that could make me leave Sevilla, at all times I was calm,” he added. “I was always very calm, I have a commitment, my contract here at Sevilla,” he told ABC Sevilla back in February. “Nothing ever happened in my head nor did I go crazy with the situation.

Brazilian defender Diego Carlos had talks with Newcastle in January while Leeds have signed US midfielder Brenden Aaronson from Red Bull Salzburg.

“The player will travel to England in the next few hours to complete a medical and finalise personal terms.” He has 18 senior international caps and scored five goals as the US qualified for this year’s World Cup finals in Qatar. A Leeds statement said: “The 21-year-old will join for an undisclosed fee on a five-year-contract, running until the summer of 2027.” Aaronson made 41 appearances in all competitions for Salzburg last season as they won the Austrian Bundesliga and Austrian Cup for the second season in succession.

The club announced that they had reached an agreement with the Spanish outfit for the 29-year-old, who will travel to England to complete a medical and finalise ...

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