He Aston Villa is in the doldrums. The four defeats in a row and five games without winning have not only meant a drop in the Premier League (those of Unai Emery They are ninth, although in reality only one point away from the zone Champions), but the elimination of the Carabao Cup in the round of 16 at the hands of Crystal Palaceofficiating at home, and the first setback in the new league of the maximum continental competition. Although in the UCL came from a plenary session and are still among the top eight, the technicians of Birmingham have detected several gaps, one of them in the center of the defense, where the injury of Kortney home and the low level exhibited by Diego Carlos and the almost unpublished Tyrone Mings leaves the Basque almost with what he is wearing, overloading the couple formed by Ezri Konsa y Pau Torres. We are looking for a centre-back with experience and in top form, sounding in England the return of Diego Llorente.
Indisputable for Manuel Pellegrini In this first third of the 24/25the Madrid native opted for his return to Spain after passing through Romasqueezing the Leeds to exempt him at a reasonable price from the two years of his remaining contract. Although it was four years since he paid 20 million euros for him to Royal SocietyThe English accepted 3,25 by a defender who has quickly established himself in the Real Betiswhere it has a long link (up to 2028) so that the entity The Palm Tree can assume the effort that his salary entails. Its termination clause is not high, although it is not as low as those of German Pezzella (5) y Ayoze Perez (4), which ended up leaving towards River Plate and Villarreal CFrespectively, making use of them. The danger, logically, exists, since the sports management that commands Monchi comes from spending this summer 176 million in signings, 288 since the islander arrived not even a year and a half ago.
However, as ESTADIO Deportivo has been able to confirm, neither Diego Llorente nor his representation agency, Balance International Groupthey have no news or Aston Villa nor of Real Betis about it. There may indeed be an interest in or incorporation into a specific list of future prospects, although no contacts have been madenor between clubs, to process a transfer that, a month and a half after the market reopens, would be the most logical, since in January a transfer is expected. performance and one acclimatization immediate, so the typical polls on the desired salary or, at least, receptivity to this movement should have already taken place. On the noble floor of the Benito Villamarin They do not have the Madrid youth squad among their favorites to make money, betting on his continuity and his leadership in defense, with the wink that implies that there is verbalizedin public and in private, at ease which is located in the Seville capital, in the Heliopolitan complex and at the forefront of its sports project.
