Dean Smith comments on Aston Villa duo Anwar El Ghazi and Kortney Hause

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Kortney Hause is on loan at Aston Villa from Wolverhampton Wanderers, while Anwar El Ghazi is on loan from Lille.

Aston Villa manager Dean Smith has suggested to The Birmingham Mail that Lille-owned winger Anwar El Ghazi and Wolverhampton Wanderers-owned defender Kortney Hause will be at the club next season.

Smith made the comments about the Villa duo following his side’s 2-1 win against Derby County at Wembley Stadium in London on Monday afternoon.

The Villans’ success in the Championship playoff final means that they have been promoted to the Premier League for the 2019-20 campaign.

Winger El Ghazi, 24, joined Villa on a season-long loan deal from French club Lille in the summer of 2018.

Defender Hause, 23, switched to the Villans on loan from Premier League outfit Wolves in the January transfer window.

Smith told The Birmingham Mail: “There’s an option in place with him (El Ghazi) and Kortney Hause as well.”

Meanwhile, Peterborough United chairman Darragh MacAnthony has given his take on Twitter on Derby’s defeat to Villa in the Championship playoff final on Monday.

MacAnthony has also suggested that Posh missed out on £75,000 for Derby’s goal being given to Martyn Waghorn instead of to Jack Marriott, who moved to the Rams from Peterborough in the summer of 2018.

MacAnthony wrote on Twitter: “Waghorns sock cost us £75 grand. Couldn’t write this s**t sometimes . Gutted for Derby owner as he wedged out £10 million on Waghorn & Marriott. Imagine if they had started or even come on at HT not with 20 odd mins to go. Well done Dean Smith/Villa – top class manager.”