When the referee blew for full-time in the match between Brighton and Aston Villa, the Villa players walked off the pitch with a solid 0-3 victory. What was special was that the three signings in the winter transfer window were all behind goals: Marco Asensio, Marcus Rashford and Donyell Malen. Although the English media has a lot of focus on United’s Rashford of this trio, there is little doubt that former Real Madrid star Asensio has been a huge success at Villa Park. Now the Spaniard is working to bring the rest of the moving load to Birmingham.
PSG sent Asensio on loan to Villa in January, in the space of three months the 29-year-old has 8 goals in 11 Premier League games. Simply impressive entry into a new squad and a new league. According to L’Equipe, Asensio has no desire to return to Paris when his lease expires this summer. Villa’s sporting director Monchi is said to be similarly enthusiastic about continuing the working relationship.
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Asensio has given Villa more goals in three months than he has in a PSG shirt since his transfer in 2023.
UEFA gives Asensio the opportunity to continue his scoring on Wednesday, this time against parent club PSG in the first quarter-final match. Emery’s former PSG coach, Asensio half the season played with a PSG shirt. This is going to be interesting!
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