Pau Torres (shirt well & truly stretched)

[Nii Lamptey]

Pau Torres deal DONE according to Ornstein!

https://twitter.com/David_Ornstein/status/1674398071675822081

Aston Villa have now reached an agreement with Villarreal to sign centre-back Pau Torres. Personal terms are also in place for 26yo Spain international defender to join in what’s another big coup for #AVFC + manager Unai Emery
@TheAthleticFC
 #Villarreal

EDIT:
https://twitter.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1674400529194135552?s=20

[Dogtanian]

Pfft too slow.

Great news though!

[Steve67]

Welcome Pau. Be brilliant. Now for some wide players please.

[Towser]

Fabrizio Romano
@FabrizioRomano
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Pau Torres to Aston Villa, here we go! Agreement in place — as revealed today Unai Emery wanted Pau to join this week and it’s gonna happen. 🚨🟣🔵 #AVFC

Contract agreed, also medical being scheduled. Villa will pay way less than the release clause.

Big one for Emery & Villa.

[Dave]

Widely enough reported now that this might as well split from the transfer thread.

[Dogtanian]

Spaniard in Our Hands.

[Axl Rose]

Spoke to my mate in Vigo earlier.

Said Torres is fucking brilliant. I'll take that

[Dave]

Villa will pay way less than the release clause.

Not my money, but that sounds reassuring.

[Drummond]

Nice one. We're getting the spine of the team reinforced with some great quality players.

[Toronto Villa]

Will be great to have two outstanding defenders at right and left CB positions.

[boozey182]

This feels big. I'm not sure the last time that we signed a regular starter for on of the leading national sides in his prime (well, maybe Tielemans...?), but this is a step up from the type of signing we have been making. If he isn't world class now, he certainly has the potential to be very soon.

We have four excellent options to play at centre half. Two left footers, two right footers. I'm not sure many teams in the league have better options than us for both central defence and midfield. We're building something special. And we have two crests.

[Villan For Life]

Great news, welcome to the Villa, Pau

[Toronto Villa]

Appears the fee will be in the region of £30m. So our summer window thus far is a starting Spanish and Belgian international in their mid 20s for a total of £30m or so.

[Dogtanian]

This feels big. I'm not sure the last time that we signed a regular starter for on of the leading national sides in his prime (well, maybe Tielemans...?), but this is a step up from the type of signing we have been making. If he isn't world class now, he certainly has the potential to be very soon.

We have four excellent options to play at centre half. Two left footers, two right footers. I'm not sure many teams in the league have better options than us for both central defence and midfield. We're building something special. And we have two crests.

 

[pablo_picasso]

Would be a fabulous signing if its announced officially in the near future.

He was one of the players I wanted us to sign because Emery plays out from the back & to have the quality of Torres sat in there would be a great starting point.

Especially when he's passing to the likes of Tielemans, Douglas Luiz, Kamara, etc...