Mercato: Aston Villa wants to recruit a Real Madrid replacement
At the end of his contract at Real Madrid on June 30, Marco Asensio is interested in Unai Emery's Aston Villa according to the Spanish press.
Author of 11 goals this season with Real Madrid, most of them after coming off the bench, Marco Asensio is at the end of his contract on June 30 and could continue his career in the Premier League with Aston Villa.
According to the Madrid daily Marca, the club coached by Unai Emery is thinking about the left-footed attacking midfielder from Real Madrid and would be ready to double his current salary. However, Marca says that Marco Asensio's priority is to extend his stay at Real Madrid and that discussions are underway between the parties.
Aston Villa will animate the next summer mercato
If these talks between Real Madrid and Asensio were to fail, Aston Villa is a serious lead, especially since the English club will soon get Mateu Alemany, the current director of soccer of Barça who has been following and appreciating Asensio for a long time.
In recent days, Aston Villa (currently 8th in the Premier League) has been linked with many players for the summer mercato, from Dusan Vlahovic (Juventus) to Ferran Torres (Barça), through Andreas Christensen (Barça) and Mattéo Guendouzi (OM).