{"id":173147,"date":"2025-06-10T14:25:10","date_gmt":"2025-06-10T14:25:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/173147\/"},"modified":"2025-06-10T14:25:10","modified_gmt":"2025-06-10T14:25:10","slug":"leeds-united-enquire-over-5m-aston-villa-transfer-amid-huge-interest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/173147\/","title":{"rendered":"Leeds United &#8216;enquire&#8217; over \u00a35m Aston Villa transfer amid huge interest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Alex Moreno is expected to leave Aston Villa permanently this summer<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/0_Nottingham-Forest-FC-v-Southampton-FC-Premier-League.jpg\" alt=\"Alex Moreno spent last season on loan at Nottingham Forest\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>Alex Moreno spent last season on loan at Nottingham Forest(Image: CameraSport via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Aston Villa\u2019s <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/all-about\/alex-moreno\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Alex Moreno<\/a> is of interest to all three of the <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/all-about\/premier-league\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Premier League\u2019s<\/a> newly-promoted clubs this summer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The left-back is available for a permanent move as he only has one year left on his current contract.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">He spent the duration of last season on loan at <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/all-about\/nottingham-forest-fc\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Nottingham Forest<\/a>, but struggled for game time under Nuno.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Moreno joined Villa from Real Betis for \u00a312m in January 2023 and played his part in helping the club return to European football in Unai Emery\u2019s first season in charge of the club.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Following a hamstring injury which ruled him out of pre-season and the opening weeks of the 2023\/24 campaign, Moreno lost his place to Lucas Digne.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Now, at the age of 32, Moreno is available for a permanent transfer this summer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Leeds United have recently made an enquiry for Moreno, while Burnley and Sunderland are also interested in the Spaniard.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">talkSPORT claim that Villa want \u00a35m for Moreno this summer, while clubs in La Liga are also interested and have made approaches.<\/p>\n<p>What do you make of Moreno&#8217;s time at Villa? <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/transfer-news\/leeds-united-enquire-over-5m-31826902#comments-wrapper\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Tell us here<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Every day, the BirminghamLive football desk strive to deliver all manner of news, features and transfer-related stories as a part of our overall package of Aston Villa content.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Our dedicated reporter John Townley &#8211; who you can follow on X by clicking <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/johntownley11\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"hereLink opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\">here<\/a> &#8211; follows Villa home and away and offers you comprehensive coverage from matchdays, press conferences and everything that happens in between.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">So much happens day to day and sometimes you can struggle to keep on top of the very latest updates as and when they occur &#8211; that&#8217;s why we have produced a daily newsletter which you can sign up to, for free, and which means you&#8217;ll have a round-up of the key stories land in your email inbox. Sign up to the Villa newsletter <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/newsletter-preference-centre\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"hereLink opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">You can also get all your favourite content from BirminghamLive&#8217;s Villa team on WhatsApp. <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/chat.whatsapp.com\/Lu7kUnCkBrwBYeE8GFvleN\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Click hereLink opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here<\/a> to sign up for breaking updates about the biggest stories in and around the club.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">If you prefer reading our Villa stories on your phone, consider downloading the BirminghamLive app, in which you can personalise the content you see by selecting Villa as one of your designated topics. You can get it from Apple <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/go.skimresources.com?id=76202X1531042&amp;xs=1&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fapps.apple.com%2Fgb%2Fapp%2Fbirmingham-live%2Fid662307361&amp;sref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.birminghammail.co.uk%2Fsport%2Ffootball%2Ftransfer-news%2Faston-villa-loanee-close-perfection-31316726\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"hereLink opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a> and for Android <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.birmingham.news&amp;hl=en_GB\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"hereLink opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\"><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Our weekly Aston Villa podcast, Claret And Blue, is also available to watch and listen on all major streaming services. You can subscribe to the YouTube channel <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/ClaretBlueAnAstonVillaPodcast\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"hereLink opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>, while you can access the podcast on Spotify <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/4ymHm8HRMCmR3DlXe4P8aJ\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"hereLink opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a> and via Apple <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/go.skimresources.com?id=76202X1531042&amp;xs=1&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fpodcasts.apple.com%2Fgb%2Fpodcast%2Fclaret-blue-an-aston-villa-podcast%2Fid1245197159&amp;sref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.birminghammail.co.uk%2Fsport%2Ffootball%2Ftransfer-news%2Faston-villa-loanee-close-perfection-31316726\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"hereLink opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Alex Moreno is expected to leave Aston Villa permanently this summerAlex Moreno spent last season on loan at&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":173148,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7820],"tags":[58546,422,9165,855,748,393,4884,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-173147","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-birmingham","8":"tag-alex-moreno","9":"tag-aston-villa-fc","10":"tag-aston-villa-transfer-news","11":"tag-birmingham","12":"tag-britain","13":"tag-england","14":"tag-great-britain","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114659532785424060","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173147","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=173147"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173147\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/173148"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=173147"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=173147"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=173147"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}