Bertrand Traore: Aston Villa remain set to sign Lyon forward

Aston Villa remain on course to sign forward Bertrand Traore from Lyon in a £17m deal, despite delays caused by his application for a work permit.

Traore, who has already agreed a four-year contract with Villa and passed a medical in Copenhagen on Tuesday, had been expected to fly to Birmingham to complete the deal on Wednesday.

However, with work permit applications currently taking longer than usual because of the coronavirus pandemic, both player and club have been forced to wait.

The 25-year-old, who knows Villa assistant coach John Terry from his time at Chelsea, has experience playing in the Champions League for the French club last season, scoring four times in 32 appearances in all competitions.

Villa have been actively looking for a new forward and were linked with a move for Werder Bremen's Milot Rashica.

The German club want a fee in the region of £18.5m (€20m) for the Kosovo international, who was linked to RB Leipzig earlier this summer. บาคาร่า sa

Villa have enjoyed a productive month in the transfer market, breaking their transfer record to sign Ollie Watkins from Brentford and sealing a £16m deal with Arsenal to for goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez, while Matty Cash has also joined on a five-year deal from Nottingham Forest.

However, perhaps Villa's most significant piece of business this summer has been tying club captain Jack Grealish to a new five-year contract, which the England midfielder signed on Tuesday.

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