It is now less than three weeks before the start of the Aston Villa pre-season program.
The Blaret and Blue army will face the Walsall neighbors at the Bascot on Wednesday, July 16, before going to Germany where they will face Hansa Rostock in Osstadion.
The Unai Emery team will then go to the United States for a series of three games, against Eintracht Francfurt in Louisville, then a pair of MLS outfits, namely St. Louis City and Nashville, before returning to the Midlands for a meeting with Roma.
Before all that, does the president of football operations, Monchi, won new signatures?
Aston Villa targeting new attackers
As described by Jacob Tanswell and Gregg Evans of athleticsAston Villa is seriously in danger of violating the rules of profitability and sustainability of the Premier League, having recorded losses of 195 million pounds sterling in the last two seasons.
This situation forced them to sell, namely the loss of Jhon Durán in January when the Saudi called.
Al-Nassr paid a reported fee of 71 million pounds sterling during the winter, Marco Asensio and Marcus Rashford arriving to replace it, although it is not clear if one or the other will return, after the expiration of their loans.
With Rashford certainly the least likely of the two to be back in Claret and Blue, John Townley from Birmingham Live report that the villans are targeting a decision to sign Jesús Rodríguez.
He adds that the real Betis winger “attracts a widespread interest from all over Europe”, namely RB Leipzig, Como and others.
Nevertheless, Villa is allegedly “confident” to convince Rodríguez that binding to Emery “would best support his development”, with a report of Marca Sweating indicating that 19 years has a liberation clause of 35 million euros (around 30 million pounds sterling).
Why Jesús Rodríguez is a greater talent than Marcus Rashford
As mentioned earlier, it seems very unlikely that Rashford will return to Villa next season, despite a generally successful loan spell, in which he scored four goals and recorded six assists in 17 appearances In all competitions.
Manchester United Price of 40 million pounds sterling reported Apparently repels all potential contenders, which is why Jamie Jackson de The Guardian reports that Barcelona would be interested in taking Rashford on loan, but cannot sanction a permanent agreement.
Thus, the villans apparently turned their attention to Rodríguez, so let’s compare the duo.
Rodríguez vs Rashford 2024/25 Comparison | ||
|---|---|---|
Statistics | Rodríguez | Rashford at Villa |
Apparitions | 32 | 17 |
Minutes | 1,739 | 940 |
Goals | 3 | 4 |
Aid | 2 | 6 |
All the statistics below are on a basis by 90. | ||
Shots | 1.6 | 1.6 |
Chances created | 0.6 | 1.7 |
The plugs finished | 3.1 | 1.7 |
Success to take away% | 47% | 34% |
Touch | 53 | 47.5 |
Box in the box | 6.4 | 5.6 |
As the table describes, although Rashford’s raw data is better, Rodríguez’s underlying numbers are more impressive, while the pair is stylistically very different.
Rashford talks about the final product, while the Spanish adolescent is much more a dribbler, as his statistics to take higher, as well as the fact that he recorded more touches, both in the opposition sanction surface and in general.
JOHN MENZIES Football España Document how the 19 -year -old has had a “season of small groups” in Betis, making his senior debut against Gévora in the Copa del Rey as recently as the last Halloween.
At the end of the campaign, he won like a key figure in Manuel Pellegrini’s team, starting 15 Liga games from December 1, as well as four games During the stadiums of the Conference League, on the target in the quarter -final victory against Jagiellonia białystok, on the way to the Wrocław final.
This summer, Rodríguez was absent from the European U21 championships, starting and fixed against Italy in Trnava, before the Santi Denia team was abandoned by England in the quarter-finals last weekend.
Jacek Kulig of Talent of Football He labels an “explosive winger”, saying that his best attributes are his “acceleration, dribbling and work rate”.
Waiting for, Luke Mesquin to break the lines Think that the teenager is “already an exceptional asset” thanks to his high quality dribble and his “exceptional athletics”, which allows him to easily cover the ground, leaving him in the 99th centile when it comes to finding the ball, pressing, According to Statsbomb.
Thus, it is clear that Rodríguez is a very talented young person, perhaps even more than Rashford, which means that he would be an excellent addition for the Villa short of money.
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