This was a defensive performance from Villa that took away Newcastle’s best strengths and made them predictable

Serie A powerhouse Inter Milan are reportedly making strides in their pursuit of Aston Villa stalwart Emiliano Martinez.According to TyC Sport via FCInterNews, the first meeting between the Italian

Aston Villa are ready to make a move for a "top-level player", who they are now crazy about signing, and he could be in line to join alongside Tammy Abraham. Villa's pursuit of Abraham has dragged on throughout the January transfer window, but it appears as though a deal is now edging closer to completion, having reached an agreement in principle.

Emery had seen enough of the emerging end-to-end nature. With more than a quarter of an hour to go, he changed to a compact 4-4-2, moving into a back five when the ball was out wide. Villa sat deeper and were content to play on transition, with Tyrone Mings and Victor Lindelof barking orders.

Chelsea have been fined a substantial sum by the FA after an "unidentified member" of the club's staff was accused of throwing a plastic drinks bottle towards the opponent's technical area in December.

Jadon Sancho scored his first goal for Aston Villa to lift his new club past Fenerbahce 1-0 and into the Europa League round of 16 on Thursday with a game to spare. Lyon also clinched a last-16 spot with a 1-0 victory over Young Boys in Bern,

Aston Villa have signed teenage forward Brian Madjo from FC Metz. The 17-year-old, who came through the youth academy at Metz before making his senior debut for the French Ligue 1 side in August, joins for an undisclosed fee.

The battle for supremacy continues at the top of the division.

Multiple sources in Italy claim that Leon Bailey is set to return to Aston Villa after a disappointing loan spell at Roma, but what went wrong at the Olimpico for the 28-year-old?Roma and Aston Villa