Report: Chelsea youngster Charlie Colkett to join Aston Villa

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Aston Villa reportedly want Charlie Colkett of Chelsea.

Chelsea midfielder Charlie Colkett is set to join Aston Villa in the January transfer window, according to The Sunday People (print edition, page 49, January 20, 2019).

It has been reported that Villa are securing the services of the 22-year-old midfielder on a loan deal from Premier League club Chelsea.

Chelsea legend John Terry, now working as an assistant manager at Villa, called, and that is what persuaded the youngster to snub Swedish club Ostersunds for the Villans, according to the report.

The former England Under-20 international has returned to the London club after his loan spell at Shrewsbury Town was cut short.

Good signing for Aston Villa

Colkett is a very talented and promising young midfielder, and given that Terry himself called him, as reported in The Sunday People (print edition, page 49, January 20, 2019), it does suggest that the Villans are getting a player with a lot of potential.

The midfielder – who earns £5000 per week as salary, according to Spotrac.com – was able to make just one appearance in League One for Shrewsbury during his loan spell this season, according to WhoScored.