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The AVF Fantasy Premier League competitions for 2025/26 are now open but how can you get the maximum enjoyment from the Premier League’s official fantasy football behemoth? We’re running both a Classic league and a Head-to-Head league for Aston Villa fans this season and you can sign up with the help of this handy guide [...]

Aston Villa are in hot pursuit of teenage Toulouse defender Jaydee Canvot, according to reports. Villa have been extremely limited in their business in the summer transfer window, restricted by the regulatory framework that caps their transfer outlay and wage spend. The only permanent and immediate signings so far have been veteran goalkeeper Marco Bizot [...]

Aston Villa have reportedly secured the long-term commitment of one of their most important players. Hot on the heels of John Percy’s report this afternoon that Villa were close to a new contract agreement with Boubacar Kamara, Jacob Tanswell and The Athletic tore out a thundering exclusive confirming that the deal is done. Kamara joined [...]

Fantasy Premier League is open for 2025/26 and you are invited to join your fellow Aston Villa supporters in the AVF league. FPL has become a staple of football culture and gives fans the chance to test their mettle against millions of other aspiring fantasy gaffers every single season. It’s free to enter and it’s [...]

Whatever plans Aston Villa have for the rest of the summer transfer window, allowing Ollie Watkins to leave cannot be a part of them. Villa are clearly in a difficult spot when it comes to transfers. Improving the squad year on year is the strategy for every ambitious football club but previous failings and various [...]

Aston Villa are keeping tabs on Galatasaray midfielder Gabriel Sara, according to reports in Turkey. Villa have largely kept their powder dry in the summer transfer window so far, restricted by Premier League and UEFA financial regulations in the aftermath of their failure to qualify for a second season in the Champions League. Veteran goalkeeper [...]

In the long and notorious history of Aston Villa losing in the FA Cup Third Round, one defeat is not like the others. Villa were knocked out by Liverpool in January 2021 but it was no ordinary Villa. With the first team squad and several under-23s ruled out because of a COVID-19 outbreak at Bodymoor [...]

Have a conversation about this season’s personnel and tactics with an Aston Villa supporter and there’s a reasonable chance one player’s name will come up later than it should. Donyell Malen is sometimes overlooked because of his limited use by Villa after joining the club in January. He is sometimes referred to as a ‘forgotten [...]

The prospect of guaranteed starters being signed in the transfer window has been weakening as Aston Villa’s financial requirements become clear but that doesn’t mean there aren’t opportunities to do some nice big juicy business. Villa have been linked with countless players since the end of last season but have only brought in Zépiqueno Redmond [...]

Aston Villa and Manchester United need to come to a final decision on the future of Emiliano Martínez before Villa fly out to the United States. Villa have presumably made their choice. They’ve either decided to sell Martínez, or that they’re willing to sell him, or that they’re not. If they’re willing to sell a [...]