Manchester City are reportedly interested in re-signing Douglas Luiz from Aston Villa next summer, as the player approaches the final two years of his current deal.
The 25-year-old midfielder has been instrumental in Aston Villa’s recent success under Unai Emery, contributing to their advancement to the knockout stages of the UEFA Europa Conference League and keeping them within three points of Premier League leaders Liverpool. Luiz has been directly involved in eight Premier League goals in the 26 matches he has played for Villa this season.
Douglas Luiz was signed by Aston Villa from Manchester City for £15 million in 2019. The Brazilian midfielder initially joined Manchester City from Vasco Da Gama as a 19-year-old but did not make a first-team appearance for the club. Before moving to Villa Park, Luiz had a loan spell at City Football Group’s Girona.
Despite the expiration of the buy-back clause in Douglas Luiz’s contract with Aston Villa, Manchester City had previously included both a sell-on and buy-back clause. Now, with the player approaching the final two years of his current deal at Aston Villa, Manchester City are reportedly expressing interest in re-signing the 25-year-old midfielder.
Football Insider reports that Manchester City has a ‘strong interest’ in re-signing midfielder Douglas Luiz. Additionally, there is renewed interest from Arsenal, as they had several bids for the Brazilian rejected last year.
The competition for the midfielder’s signature seems to be heating up, with both Manchester City and Arsenal expressing interest in his services.
We if he has had his head turned and wants to return to Man City there wont be much we can do about it. I suppose we could dig our heels in and say
its a straight swap for Grealish plus £25m. Wonder what Pep would say about that? I would hate to see Luiz go and if we keep selling our best players to the top four clubs how are we ever going to break into them.
Great idea but would Jack fit into the system we currently play? I would love to see him back at Villa. He is really underrated as a player. He puts through some magical balls to the forwards, and he sees things before others do. A great player in my opinion.
Sadly Villa can’t afford Grealish anymore…
100m reinvested wisely will see you much more likely to break into the top 4
You sold grealish and then kicked on by reinvesting it. Getting rid seems like more of a help than a hindrance in my eyes
Man City would be the better option for winning trophies than Arsenal…
John Coetzee – OPEN YOUR EYES
This is a totally untrue and very silly story! Relax all you Aston Villa supporters because Douglas Luiz is staying at Aston Villa!
He absolutely loves it there and they will be competing in the Champions League sooner rather than later!!