{"id":1099051,"date":"2019-07-26T15:50:47","date_gmt":"2019-07-26T14:50:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1099051"},"modified":"2019-07-26T15:51:47","modified_gmt":"2019-07-26T14:51:47","slug":"aston-villa-summer-spending-marvelous-signing","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/aston-villa-summer-spending-marvelous-signing\/","title":{"rendered":"Aston Villa set to break \u00a3100m mark for summer transfer spending with 11th signing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Aston Villa look set to take their summer spending beyond the \u00a3100m mark with the signing of Club Brugge midfielder, Marvelous Nakamba. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Villans announced the completion of Douglas Luiz&#8217;s \u00a315m move from Manchester City on Thursday, making him their 10th signing of the summer so far.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Five things to know about Aston Villa&#8217;s summer transfer business<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Villa have returned to the top flight after winning the Championship play-offs.<\/li>\n<li>However, the likes of Mile Jedinak, Glenn Whelan and Albert Adomah have left the club.<\/li>\n<li>The Midlanders have brought in 10 players so far, including Douglas Luiz and Wesley Moraes.<\/li>\n<li>That has taken Villa&#8217;s spending hurtling towards \u00a3100m which currently makes them the Premier League&#8217;s biggest spenders this summer<\/li>\n<li>Club Brugge midfielder Marvelous Nakamba looks set to be next and is due to have a medical.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>https:\/\/audioboom.com\/posts\/7324413-he-ll-be-arsenal-s-new-double-pivot-santi-cazorla<\/p>\n<p>But Dean Smith isn&#8217;t finished there, with Nakamba \u2013 who has been a target for the club since January \u2013 flying in for a medical at Villa Park to become their second signing from Brugge this summer after striker Wesley Moraes.<\/p>\n<p>Villa&#8217;s level of business may seem excessive but given the club lost a number of players from their Championship Play-off-winning campaign \u2013 including Mile Jedinak, Glenn Whelan and Albert Adomah \u2013 it is required.<\/p>\n<p>Smith&#8217;s assistant manager, Richard O&#8217;Kelly, recently said Villa&#8217;s main concern was attitude when targeting replacements for those dressing room stalwarts.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"What Should Arsenal Do Next? Squawka Documentary\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PtQrlhxwj78?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Subscribe to <a href=\"http:\/\/sqwk.at\/Squawka-Sub\" rel=\"noopener\">Squawka\u2019s Youtube channel here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;ve had an awful lot of targets to look at,&#8221;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/transfer-news\/its-background-checks-aston-villas-16583859\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-content-type=\"news\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\">O&#8217;Kelly said.<\/a> &#8220;There&#8217;s been work to be done, looking at players, making sure they&#8217;re OK.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s the background checks and everything really that (make sure) we get the right personalities and characters into the group.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think we lost 14 players at the end of the season. Glenn Whelan, Mile Jedinak, Alan Hutton, Albert Adomah, the boys that were on loan and so on.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1098932\" style=\"width: 1210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/features\/aston-villa-line-up-premier-league\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1098932\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1098932\" src=\"https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/07\/24163425\/Lineup-Feature-Graphic.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/07\/24163425\/Lineup-Feature-Graphic.png 1200w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/07\/24163425\/Lineup-Feature-Graphic-300x170.png 300w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/07\/24163425\/Lineup-Feature-Graphic-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/07\/24163425\/Lineup-Feature-Graphic-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/07\/24163425\/Lineup-Feature-Graphic-66x37.png 66w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/07\/24163425\/Lineup-Feature-Graphic-620x350.png 620w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/07\/24163425\/Lineup-Feature-Graphic-940x530.png 940w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1098932\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong><\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/features\/aston-villa-line-up-premier-league\" rel=\"noopener\">How Aston Villa could line up for the 2019\/20 season<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;They were all wonderful characters and all fitted into the dressing room, the ethos of it and the work ethic. 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