{"id":285529,"date":"2025-07-23T15:34:16","date_gmt":"2025-07-23T15:34:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/285529\/"},"modified":"2025-07-23T15:34:16","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T15:34:16","slug":"aston-villa-star-plans-to-hold-talks-as-contract-ticks-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/285529\/","title":{"rendered":"Aston Villa star ‘plans to hold talks’ as contract ticks down"},"content":{"rendered":"

The latest Aston Villa news from BirminghamLive as Lucas Digne is in the newsThis article contains affiliate links, we will receive a commission on any sales we generate from it. Learn more<\/a>\"LucasLucas Digne has 12 months left on his contract(Image: UEFA via Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Lucas Digne intends to open contract discussions with Aston Villa, as his current deal ticks down.<\/a><\/p>\n

That\u2019s according to The Athletic<\/a> who claim the France international \u2018plans to hold contract talks soon\u2019 with his current term having just 12 months to run.<\/p>\n

Digne <\/a>joined Villa from Everton in January 2022, signing a four-and-a-half-year contract since when he has been an important part of the team.<\/p>\n

The 32-year-old has racked up 138 appearances in that time, with 45 coming last term, including nine in the Champions League as he withheld the challenge of new signing Ian Maatsen, albeit the balance did feel like it was starting to shift at times last term.<\/p>\n

Reports have claimed Digne is one of the bigger earners<\/a> in the Villa squad and that, combined with the time remaining on his deal, could see him move on this summer.<\/p>\n

However, The Athletic reports suggests the former PSG, Roma and Barcelona man could yet have a few chapters left in his Aston Villa story.<\/p>\n

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Everyday, 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. Our dedicated reporter John Townley – who you can follow on X by clicking here<\/a> – follows Villa home and away and offers you comprehensive coverage from matchdays, press conferences and everything that happens in between. 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 – that’s why we have produced a daily newsletter which you can sign up to, for free, and which means you’ll have a round-up of the key stories land in your email inbox. Sign up to the Villa newsletter here<\/a>. You can also get all your favourite content from BirminghamLive’s Villa team on WhatsApp. Click here<\/a> to sign up for breaking updates about the biggest stories in and around the club. 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 here<\/a> and for Android here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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 here<\/a>, while you can access the podcast on Spotify here<\/a> and via Apple here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The latest Aston Villa news from BirminghamLive as Lucas Digne is in the newsThis article contains affiliate links,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":285530,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7820],"tags":[422,855,748,393,4884,91825,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-285529","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-birmingham","8":"tag-aston-villa-fc","9":"tag-birmingham","10":"tag-britain","11":"tag-england","12":"tag-great-britain","13":"tag-lucas-digne","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114903283443791590","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285529","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=285529"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285529\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/285530"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=285529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=285529"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=285529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}