Cost £7.5m in January: Why Aston Villa should sign PL teenager to solve problem area – view
COMMENT By Will Butcher
Aston Villa must look to solve their problem area out wide by luring Everton teenager Ademola Lookman to the Midlands this summer.
The Daily Mail claims Championship rivals Derby are looking to sign the 19-year-old speed machine on loan, after he starred in England’s Under-20 World Cup triumph.
It is said that Rams manager Gary Rowett is keen to replace the loss of Tom Ince this summer with Lookman, after losing last season’s star player to Premier League new boys Huddersfield.
Lookman is likely to find first-team opportunities hard to come by during the 2017-18 season, with the likes of Dom Calvert-Lewin, Kevin Mirallas and Aaron Lennon ahead of him in the pecking order.
Football Insider considers three reasons why Aston Villa would make another top signing under Steve Bruce in Lookman, including how the future of a senior star should for Bruce into finding a replacement: