Aston Villa set to sanction loan transfer involving fellow Champions League club

Aston Villa have been very busy this summer transfer window – and there could yet be more movement as they enter into the final week before the deadline. Villa have added the likes of Ian Maatsen, Amadou Onana and Ross Barkley as well as bringing back Jaden Philogene to Villa Park.

Juventus stars Enzo Barrenechea and Samuel Iling-Junior joined the club in part exchange for Douglas Luiz, while Lewis Dobbin has joined from Everton – but the winger has already been loaned out to West Brom for the season. Barrenechea and Iling-Junior, meanwhile, haven’t yet been involved in a match-day squad in the new season.

Indeed Iling-Junior could be set for a U-turn, having not long arrived; the left winger, who can operate as a left-back, came through the Chelsea academy before moving out to Italy and joining Juve in 2020. Considered a long-term first-team prospect, he currently finds himself down the pecking order at Villa Park and is set to be allowed a loan spell, following Dobbin out of the door.

Iling-Junior is, according to reports, set to return to Serie A and join Bologna, for the forthcoming season. Bologna, who have a point from their opening two games of the season, are preparing for a Champions League campaign like Villa having claimed fifth spot in Italy’s top tier last year.

Reports in Italy add that Bologna have been prompted into late activity in the transfer window after an outbreak of injuries at the beginning of their new campaign and that Iling-Junior landed in Bologna on Sunday and was due to undergo a medical. Villa, meanwhile, could yet add to their squad this week, although Emery has indicated he is pleased with the business conducted by the club this summer.