When I first arrived, I spoke with a few of the boys and watching from a far you can see that the team has a lot of qualities. We're delighted to be where we are today, but we are so close, so we have to just keep pushing and keep believing in ourselves.
Tammy Abraham thought he had made a goalscoring return, his first since winning promotion from the Championship seven years ago, but then it was all eyes on the referee, Tim Robinson, and the big screens that indicated a review. At Stockley Park, the video assistant referee, Paul Tierney, rewound the clock by 19 seconds, to the moment Leon Bailey, at the opposite end of the pitch, was deemed to have failed to keep the ball in play.
Aston Villa have brought Douglas Luiz back on loan for the remainder of the season, after Juventus terminated his temporary stay with Nottingham Forest. Luiz previously spent five years with Villa after arriving from Manchester City in July 2019, following the club's promotion back to the Premier League. He helped Villa re-establish themselves in the top flight and become regular contenders for European football, culminating in a fourth-placed finish in 2023-24.
Besiktas have paid 11.2m to Roma for Tammy Abraham - as the Turkish club prepare to sell him to Aston Villa. The striker had a medical on Saturday having travelled to the UK on Friday after Villa agreed an 18m deal with the Super Lig side. Besiktas had an obligation to buy in the loan deal which took Abraham from Roma last summer and did not want to sell him, but are reluctantly allowing Abraham to return to England.
This January, Ruben Loftus-Cheek could leave AC Milan, and a move to Besiktas could be possible, with the Turkish outfit interested. It is not a certainty, but Loftus-Cheek could depart this winter, with Massimiliano Allegri struggling to offer him a regular place within the squad. He is useful, certainly, but not essential, and that makes him expendable. Abraham important to potential Besiktas move Interest is present from the Premier League, Serie A and even the Bundesliga.
