Unai Emery moves quickly to agree second Aston Villa transfer after Marcus Rashford deal

Marco Asensio and Marcus Rashford were undergoing medicals connected Sunday arsenic Aston Villa brag Unai Emery races to fortify his squad pursuing respective departures this month.

Marco Asensio is joining Marcus Rashford arsenic Aston Villa’s 2nd marquee indebtedness signing.

The 29-year-old Paris Saint-Germain guardant volition get astatine Villa Park aft the 2 clubs thrashed retired a woody implicit the weekend.

Asensio and Rashford were undergoing medicals connected Sunday arsenic Villa brag Unai Emery races to fortify his squad pursuing respective departures this month.

The Spain planetary has struggled to found immoderate bushed successful the French superior aft a drawstring of injuries - though helium made an quality arsenic a substitute past week, confirming his fitness.

Asensio’s versatility crossed the frontline volition assistance plug a spread up beforehand for Villa, peculiarly arsenic No.1 striker Ollie Watkins was pulled retired of Saturday’s decision astatine Wolves owed to a groin strain.

Jhon Duran’s defection to the Saudi Pro League and Emi Buendia’s £17m determination to Bayer Leverkusen has near Emery abbreviated of numbers.

But the accomplishment of Asensio and Rashford volition bolster his resources up front, though his recruitment squad volition walk the last time of the transportation model trying to root antiaircraft reinforcements.

Emery had been funny successful Chelsea’s Joao Felix - but the Londoners are insisting connected a £60m transportation interest alternatively than immoderate impermanent move.

And that has scuppered immoderate accidental of the Portuguese swapping Stamford Bridge for Villa Park during this window.

The Blues are besides insisting connected a interest to let Axel Disasi to leave. The French centre-half is different subordinate of sizeable involvement to Emery.

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