Mateu Alemany a step away from sealing Villa switch

Barça made a surprise announcement a few days ago that Mateu Alemany was leaving the club's sporting department to embark on a new professional adventure. Alemany leaves the club on June 30, but according to journalist Fabrizio Romano, he is already close to signing his new contract with Aston Villa after having accepted all the clauses of the contract. His arrival, then, would be practically immediate despite the fact that he has committed himself to continue helping Barça until the end of the summer transfer window.

According to these reports, Mateu Alemany has already held talks with Aston Villa coach Unai Emery to plan next season's squad in terms of signings and departures. The two will manage the future of the Birmingham club in sporting terms and the Spanish market is being studied with a view to making a top-level signing.

Mateu Alemany will have full power at Aston Villa to sign and a budget that could approach 200 million euros, a real challenge to make a qualitative leap and try to be in the fight for the top four in the Premier League. In spite of all that, Mateu continues to make moves for Barça and has personally led the negotiations with La Liga so that the club has sufficient salary limit to sign. He has also completed signings such as that of Íñigo Martínez and has also completed operations. One of his latest challenges could also be the renewal of Ousmane Dembélé, which has already begun to be negotiated.