Exclusive: Aston Villa and Newcastle to battle for versatile €55m-rated La Liga winger

Both Unai Emery and Eddie Howe can be rightly pleased by the way in which Aston Villa and Newcastle respectively have begun their 2024/25 campaigns.

At the time of writing, the Villains sit third in the table just a point behind leaders, Man City, whilst the Magpies are a little further back in sixth, but only two points behind Villa.

As the season begins to take shape, it will be interesting to see how either team fares, given that Newcastle don’t have European football to contend...