Aston Villa see £30m deadline day signing from Newcastle collapse

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Aston Villa are very active on transfer deadline day.

The Villans have agreed a deal to sign Harvey Elliott from Liverpool after failing to sign Lucas Paqueta from West Ham, with a loan deal including a £35m obligation to buy in 2026 close to being finalised.

Aston Villa are also signing Jadon Sancho on loan from Manchester United and have snapped up Victor Lindelof after his contract expired at Old Trafford.

The Daily Mail have now claimed that Aston Villa also had a £30m deal lined up to sign William Osula from Newcastle before it collapsed.

Aston Villa nearly signed William Osula

Craig Hope wrote at 1:46pm on a transfer deadline day live blog that Aston Villa had agreed a deal with Newcastle for the Denmark U21 international – although UEFA spending rules meant the move could not progress.

Osula is now on the brink of sealing a £30m switch to Eintracht Frankfurt instead as a replacement for Hugo Ekitike – who the German side sold to Liverpool for £69m earlier this summer.

Newcastle have agreed a buy-back clause as part of the deal.

Aston Villa dodged a bullet with William Osula but Newcastle have negotiated a superb deal

Newcastle paid £15m to sign Osula – who Alan Shearer thinks is “raw” – from Sheffield United back in August 2024, but the Dane only delivered three goals in 22 appearances for the Magpies.

Therefore, Aston Villa can certainly find better ways to spend £30m.

Crucially, Newcastle may have struck gold by negotiating a buy-back clause in this deal.

Eintracht Frankfurt often excel when it comes to developing strikers, turning Randal Kolo Muani – who is joining Tottenham – into a £77m forward within just a year of signing him on a free transfer from OGC Nice.

The German outfit also took the aforementioned Ekitike from PSG for £11m and turned him into a £69m forward good enough for Liverpool, so they could coach Osula into a star.