Sports'A lot of money...' - Gregg Evans has dropped Aston Villa transfer news before Spurs
Aston Villa are open to letting Cameron Archer leave the club permanently if the right offer arrives, The Athletic’s Gregg Evans reports.
The lowdown
In January, Villa loaned Archer to Preston North End for the remainder of the 2021/22 campaign. The striker has been hit a Deepdale, scoring six goals in 14 Championship appearances and averaging one every 182 minutes.
North End have already enquired about the possibility of another temporary deal when the current agreement expires.
Archer isn’t the only Villa prospect plying his trade in the second tier, with Jaden Philogene-Bidace establishing himself as a regular for Stoke City before suffering an injury.
The latest
Evans tweeted on Friday morning that Villa’s plan A is to give Archer ‘the chance to feature in the first team next season’.
They would, however, ‘consider selling’ the youngster if ‘a lot of money’ is involved.
The Villans aren’t entertaining the idea of sending him out on loan once again in 2022/23.
The verdict
Archer has already shown real promise for Villa’s first team, bagging a hat-trick against Barrow in the League Cup second round in August before scoring against reigning European champions Chelsea at Stamford Bridge in the same competition a month later.
The problem is that Villa already have Danny Ings and Ollie Watkins, who cost a combined £57.1million, on their books, and are reportedly keen to add Luis Suarez to their ranks too.
Opportunities, then, may be limited for Archer in the short-term, but you still fear that Villa could come to regret selling a player dubbed ‘absolutely sensational’ by The Birmingham Mail’s Ashley Preece.
Perhaps they ought to reconsider their stance on another loan move. It looks to be a win-win given that he’ll gain further experience of the men’s game and potentially build his transfer value further in the process.
In other news, Alan Hutton reacts to an update on a potentially huge Villa transfer.
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