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Per a report from Football Insider, Aston Villa are set to table a £15m bid for Neal Maupay.
What’s the word?
Aston Villa have already been busy in the transfer market, signing no fewer than four players already.
The club broke their transfer record to bring Wesley to the club whilst Jota has arrived from Birmingham. The Villans have also added Anwar El Ghazi and Kortney Hause to their ranks on a permanent basis.
However, the club are now looking to make Maupay a part of their squad too.
Back in April, The Mirror claimed there was an interest from the club but Football Insider now suggests a £15m bid is set to be placed for the striker.
The Frenchman was one of the best forwards in the Championship last term, finding the net 25 times in the league.
Perfect for Wesley
If Villa bring Maupay to the Midlands for the reported fee, it could see a £37.25m strike force put into action after they signed Wesley for £22.25m.
In many ways, they’d both be perfect for each other.
We’ve already detailed how Wesley is suited to playing in a two-pronged attack and therefore playing him and Maupay together, should he arrive, would be ideal.
The former Club Brugge man is a force in the air and is particularly good at bringing others into play, something that’s reflected in the nine assists he racked up in Belgium’s top tier last season.
Therefore, pairing him alongside a more technically gifted and quicker striker in Maupay has the potential to work a treat.
The big and small combination has worked brilliantly in the past, something that can be seen by reflecting on the partnership Salomon Rondon and Ayoze Perez developed at Newcastle last term.
A similar sort of relationship was also seen with Raul Jimenez and Diogo Jota at Wolves.
It’s a tried and tested method in the Premier League and there is the potential for Dean Smith to strike gold by pairing the two together.
Of course Maupay will have to sign first, but there is evidence from Wesley’s time at Brugge to suggest that he would benefit from the type of player the 22-year-old is.
