{"id":1483320,"date":"2026-09-01T17:02:42","date_gmt":"2026-09-01T16:02:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?post_type=features&p=1483320"},"modified":"2026-09-01T17:02:44","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T16:02:44","slug":"tactical-analysis-what-ibrahim-mbaye-taylor-harwood-bellis-can-bring-to-aston-villa","status":"publish","type":"features","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/features\/tactical-analysis-what-ibrahim-mbaye-taylor-harwood-bellis-can-bring-to-aston-villa\/","title":{"rendered":"What new signings Ibrahim Mbaye and Taylor Harwood-Bellis can bring to Aston Villa"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Aston Villa have recently sealed deals to bring in Ibrahim Mbaye from PSG and Taylor Harwood-Bellis from Southampton.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Villans have been one of the most active Premier League sides in the summer transfer window. On one side, they have seen their most important players leave. It all started during the World Cup, with Manchester United snatching Youri Tielemans away from them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then Chelsea took Morgan Rogers and Emiliano Martinez while Arsenal came in for Ezri Konsa. Ollie Watkins also left in a big-money move to Saudi Arabia and Lucas Digne went back to PSG.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Player<\/th>Transfer type<\/th>Club<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
Donyell Malen<\/td>Permanent<\/td>Roma<\/td><\/tr>
Enzo Barrenechea<\/td>Permanent<\/td>Benfica<\/td><\/tr>
Youri Tielemans<\/td>Permanent<\/td>Manchester United<\/td><\/tr>
Lewis Dobbin<\/td>Permanent<\/td>Southampton<\/td><\/tr>
Oliwier Zych<\/td>Loan<\/td>Vitoria SC<\/td><\/tr>
Andres Garcia<\/td>Loan<\/td>Getafe<\/td><\/tr>
Morgan Rogers<\/td>Permanent<\/td>Chelsea<\/td><\/tr>
Joe Gauci<\/td>Loan<\/td>Lincoln City<\/td><\/tr>
Lucas Digne<\/td>Permanent<\/td>PSG<\/td><\/tr>
Samuel Iling Junior<\/td>Loan<\/td>Bolton Wanderers<\/td><\/tr>
Kosta Nedeljkovic<\/td>Loan<\/td>Rangers<\/td><\/tr>
Ezri Konsa<\/td>Permanent<\/td>Arsenal<\/td><\/tr>
Emiliano Martinez<\/td>Permanent<\/td>Chelsea<\/td><\/tr>
Ollie Watkins<\/td>Permanent<\/td>Al-Hilal<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

But the board went for it when trying to replace those exits. They broke their transfer record for Swiss sensation Johan Manzambi by offering Freiburg \u00a360 million. And an extra \u00a340 million to Wolves for Joao Gomes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After that, Villa also splashed the cash to sign Nicolas Jackson from Chelsea and now Ibrahim Mbaye from PSG. Plus a few other permanent moves for less money or none at all, whether it was free transfers or loans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Player<\/th>Transfer type<\/th>Club<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
Modou Keba Cisse<\/td>Permanent<\/td>LASK<\/td><\/tr>
Johan Manzambi<\/td>Permanent<\/td>Freiburg<\/td><\/tr>
Joao Gomes<\/td>Permanent<\/td>Wolves<\/td><\/tr>
Alejandro Garnacho<\/td>Loan<\/td>Chelsea<\/td><\/tr>
Zion Suzuki<\/td>Permanent<\/td>Parma<\/td><\/tr>
Matteo Ruggeri<\/td>Permanent<\/td>Atletico Madrid<\/td><\/tr>
Aaron Wan-Bissaka<\/td>Loan<\/td>West Ham<\/td><\/tr>
Leon Goretzka<\/td>Permanent<\/td>Bayern Munich<\/td><\/tr>
Nicolas Jackson<\/td>Permanent<\/td>Chelsea<\/td><\/tr>
Taylor Harwood-Bellis<\/td>Permanent<\/td>Southampton<\/td><\/tr>
Ibrahim Mbaye<\/td>Permanent<\/td>PSG<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The last two have been confirmed in the past few hours and they were both in attendance at Villa Park last night when the hosts lost to Arsenal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How can Ibrahim Mbaye and Taylor Harwood-Bellis help Aston Villa?<\/h2>