Bournemouth forward Josh King could still be an Aston Villa player before the end of the transfer window, according to the Birmingham Mail.
If Sunday’s remarkable 7-2 thrashing of champions Liverpool is anything to go by, Dean Smith’s side will not be short of firepower this season.
But, despite reinforcing a previously wasteful frontline with Bertrand Traore and £28 million hat-trick hero Ollie Watkins, Villa are still in the market for new attacking options.
And they are under no pressure to immediately agree a deal with Bournemouth for King.
Premier League clubs have until October 16 to sign players from Championship teams and that means they have another two weeks before the King door closes.
The Norway international, who averaged almost ten goals a season during five years in the top flight, is available for as little as £10 million with his contract due to expire in July 2021 (the Sun, 29 September, page 51).
Tottenham were interested but no longer appear to be in the race after snapping up Carlos Vinicius from Benfica instead.
Bournemouth boss Jason Tindall admitted recently that he would not stand in King’s way if he wanted to leave the South Coast and return to the big time (Daily Echo).
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