Sources: Aston Villa work on signing 'lethal' star

Aston Villa are planning to sign a “lethal” attacking replacement for Moussa Diaby following his sale to Al Ittihad, sources have told Football Insider.

Speaking on the latest edition of Football Insider’s Inside Track podcast, senior correspondent Pete O’Rourke revealed Unai Emery is scouring Europe to bolster his attacking options.

The sale of Diaby after just one season did surprise Villa, but the financial offer was so big that they couldn’t turn it down.

Sources say that Diaby himself was pushing to make the move happen due to how lucrative it was for him as well.

Football Insider revealed that the 25-year-old quadrupled his money by moving to the Saudi Pro League.

That has left Villa a little short in the attacking department, and the Premier League side are now looking to reinvest the cash from that sale.

Aston Villa want to strengthen their attacking options

There is concern that if Ollie Watkins was to be injured, Villa would be left short in the attacking department next season.

Diaby made 19 goal contributions in his debut season at Villa Park, which is something that Emery now has to try to replace for next season.

Football Insider revealed that the club are looking to make a “big-money signing” to replace Diaby despite already securing a deal for Jaden Philogene this summer.

Despite looking to add quality, Villa could be set to lose another attacking midfielder this summer.

Football Insider has reported that Tottenham are very interested in Jacob Ramsey, and even made an approach before the June 30^th accounting deadline.

In other news, Jhon Duran close to joining Premier League rivals following huge offer.

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