The Aston Villa transfer rumour mill is in full flow with Steven Gerrard keen to add Rangers defender Calvin Bassey to his ranks.
Aston Villa have already announced two new signings and the summer transfer window hasn’t even officially opened yet – but Boubacar Kamara and Diego Carlos will be donning Claret & Blue colours next season.
One man they will join in B6 is Villa’s thriving youngster, Jacob Ramsey, who celebrated his 21st birthday on Saturday.
Well, the ball-carrying Villa midfielder received birthday wishes from Rangers’ hard-hitting defender on his Instagram story.
It’s something the Villa fans liked given all the talk around Bassey, as they are pretty confident he will move to the Premier League.
But, it won’t come without a fight from Rangers, who have put a ‘minimum’ of £25 million on the Nigerian’s head.
The issue those in Glasgow have is that Villa have the money to lure Bassey towards their direction.
It’s just a case of how much they are willing to push for his versatile talents as they aim for Europe next season.
Bassey has the ability to also play at left-back, which is crucial because Gerrard does need more depth in that area, with Lucas Digne his first choice.
Matt Targett is his other senior left-back, but he was on-loan at Newcastle United for the second half of this season and it seems as though he will be leaving Villa this summer for good.
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