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Aaron Wan-Bissaka Transfer

Started Last Movement

Aaron Wan-Bissaka has left West Ham to join Aston Villa on a season-long loan, with a conditional obligation to buy. The move is complete, but a permanent transfer still depends on those conditions being met.

No-Guff Summary

  • The move is complete: Aston Villa have signed Aaron Wan-Bissaka from West Ham on a season-long loan.
  • A permanent deal is conditional: Villa say the agreement includes an obligation to buy if its conditions are met.
Development

Aston Villa agree loan-to-buy deal for Wan-Bissaka

BBC reports that Aston Villa have gone beyond shortlist talk and agreed to sign Aaron Wan-Bissaka from West Ham on an initial loan with an obligation to buy at the end of the season.

The right-back has permission to travel to the Midlands for a medical. The exact financial terms are not known, although West Ham had previously asked interested clubs for £25 million.

The clubs have an agreement, but the medical is still pending and the transfer is not yet complete.

Sources

  • Evening Standard (opens in a new tab) — Reports that Aston Villa have agreed a loan deal with a mandatory buy clause for Aaron Wan-Bissaka and that the West Ham defender is due to undergo a medical before the move.
  • The West Ham Way (opens in a new tab) — Reports that Aaron Wan-Bissaka is close to joining Aston Villa on loan with an obligation to buy if certain clauses are met, while also reporting an expected Joel Piroe move from Leeds United.
  • BBC (opens in a new tab) — Reports that Aston Villa have agreed to sign West Ham defender Aaron Wan-Bissaka on an initial loan with an obligation to buy, with the player due to travel for a medical and the exact terms yet to be disclosed.