Aston Villa ‘in the running’ to sign player Unai Emery admires from French club

Aston Villa were one of the clubs who made contact with Lille star Jonathan David in the summer transfer window, according to reports.

The striker has less than a year left on his contract and his long term plans need to be decided as they are up in the air.

The 24-year-old has expressed his interest to a potential move to the Premier League and at the same time the forward is open to moving to another league.

Some of Europe s biggest clubs showed interest in David such as Aston Villa, Atletico Madrid, Napoli and AC Milan. The latter three decided to target other potential moves with Inter Milan and Aston Villa left as the favourites to sign him.

In an interview with The Athletic, David said: My contract is about to expire. We will see then. I m open to …