Aston Villa Could Launch Bid For £51m Winger Who Arsenal Have Been Scouting Recently

Aston Villa Could Launch Bid For £51m Winger Who Arsenal Have Been Scouting Recently

Mikel Arteta’s Arsenal have been scouting Alex Baena, but it is Unai Emery’s Aston Villa who are showing more concrete interest in the winger.

That is according to 90min, which has mentioned two other big Premier League clubs who are interested in Baena.

So, what has been reported about Arsenal and Aston Villa targeting Alex Baena? Let’s take a look.

Aston Villa could bid for Arsenal target Alex Baena
Well, according to 90min, Aston Villa and Arsenal are interested in signing Villarreal winger Alex Baena. Liverpool and Manchester City are also showing interest in the 22-year-old.

The report has noted that Villa, Arsenal, Liverpool and City all have scouted the winger over the past 12 months. Baena, who can also operate as an attacking midfielder, has a release clause of £51 million in his contract at Villarreal.

90min has claimed that Villa “are ready to step up their interest” in Baena and could make a bid for him in the January transfer window.

Former Arsenal manager Unai Emery worked with Baena at Villarreal, and he has already told his Villa bosses about trying to get a deal done for the Spain international winger.

Aston Villa could beat Arsenal to Baena
In my view, Aston Villa could be able to beat Arsenal to the signing of Alex Baena in the January transfer window. I suspect that Emery would love it.