Aston Villa move to sign Arne Slot favourite in attempted transfer coup

Aston Villa could send a message to their Premier League rivals with the signing of 24-year-old Feyenoord defender Lutsharel Geertruida.

Transfer journalist Fabrizio Romano claims that the fullback has been added to Aston Villa s shortlist of targets while he also remains of interest to RB Leipzig.

Leipzig are set to receive a cash injection from the sale of Dani Olmo to Barcelona and could swoop for the Feyenoord Academy graduate.

Liverpool links have also persisted with former Feyenoord boss Arne Slot now installed at Anfield but those connections haven t really firmed up to any degree.

Geertruida is entering the final year of his current deal at Feyenoord and the Rotterdam club might be keen on cashing in on him this summer.

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