Aston Villa have agreed a deal to sign Bayer Leverkusen winger Moussa Diaby in a deal worth around €40m (£34.6m) plus add-ons.
The 24-year-old had also attracted interest from Saudi Arabi’s Al Nassr.
However, the France international has agreed personal terms with the Premier League club and is set to complete a move to Villa Park.
Diaby joined Leverkusen in the summer of 2019 after coming through the youth ranks at Paris Saint-Germain.
Since joining the club, he has become one of the Bundesliga’s most exciting attacking talents scoring 49 goals and providing 48 assists in 172...
Fantastic signing. Had a better than 1 in 2 goals or assists per game last season