Championship giants Aston Villa could reportedly lose another player with Icelandic World Cup star Birkir Bjarnason potentially returning to Italy.
Another day, another Aston Villa player linked with a move away from the Second City.
With the Midland giants suffering financially, almost every one of Steve Bruce’s key men have been tipped to depart in a dramatic and traumatic summer at Villa Park.
It is expected that Jack Grealish, James Chester, Mile Jedinak and co could follow John Terry, Robert Snodgrass, Sam Johnstone and Lewis Grabban out the door over the next two months.
The 30-year-old’s hero status in his homeland was only enhanced by a superb performance in Iceland’s 1-1 World Cup draw against Lionel Messi’s Argentina on Saturday and Tuttosport believe that omnipresent performance has attracted Parma’s interest.
Bjarnason has already played in Italy with Sampdoria and Pescara and very nearly returned in January with his agent in talks with Serie A outfit SPAL, only for Aston Villa to price them out by putting a £2 million price-tag on the former Basel midfielder’s head.
Tuttosport, however, points out that the Gialloblu face a difficult challenge tempting Aston Villa into selling a player who will be far from their most valuable asset.
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