LONDON (AP) — Argentina winger Alejandro Garnacho Moved on loan to Aston Villa He will join the Champions League side after joining from Chelsea on Thursday and having had no action in Europe this season.
Garnacho’s move comes days after Morgan Rodgers left Villa Park. Moves to Chelsea for record transfer fee For English players.
Garnacho, a 22-year-old former Spain youth international, was not selected for Argentina’s World Cup squad. His eight matches for Argentina include a match for the team that won the 2024 Copa America title, when he was a Manchester United player.
Garnacho spent one season at Chelsea before joining £40m ($53m) transfer Managers Enzo Maresca and Liam Rosenior have been sacked as the 2025 Club World Cup winners finished 10th in the Premier League.
Villa will enter their fifth season under manager Unai Emery after finishing fourth and winning the Premier League. europe league title.
Also on Thursday, Austrian midfielder Xaver Schlager signed a two-year contract with Nottingham Forest as a free agent after his contract with Leipzig expired.
Schlager, 28, started all four games for Austria at the World Cup and will be reunited with Austrian coach Oliver Glasner, with whom he played at Wolfsburg.
“That was another big reason I wanted to come here,” Schlager said. Statement issued by Forest.
Schlager is likely to replace departed England midfielder Elliott Anderson. Forest joins Manchester City this month. The transfer fee briefly became a record for an English player until Chelsea made their record-breaking signing for Rodgers.
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