Aston Villa close to signing Bednarek

Journalist Ryan Taylor has shared an Aston Villa switch replace regarding one goal for Steven Gerrard.

What’s the phrase?

Taylor was referring to Jan Bednarek as he spoke with GIVEMESPORT, saying: “I do imagine there’s legs to that one as a result of the man who reported it is rather dependable when it comes to Polish switch information.

“He had a number of tales in January on Matty Money to Atletico Madrid, and it turned out to be true.”

It was Polish journalist Tomasz Włodarczyk who stated that Bednarek was “getting nearer” to Villa, and with Taylor additionally giving his backing to the transfer, it may occur sooner quite than later.

Huge information for Gerrard

With the strain slowly mounting on Gerrard following a poor begin to the Premier League season, he must ignite a spark on this Villa group and get them enjoying to their potential.

One win and two defeats from three isn’t ok, particularly when the losses had been in opposition to two groups in Bournemouth and Crystal Palace who would’ve been perceived as beatable, whereas even their sole victory led to catastrophe as Diego Carlos was stretchered off injured in opposition to Everton.

It was revealed that the summer season signing will miss the remainder of this 12 months and presumably the beginning of 2023 in what’s an enormous blow to Gerrard, however the information surrounding Bednarek would possibly give the 42-year-old a giant raise.

The Polish centre-back may slot into Villa’s backline with ease, particularly together with his Premier League expertise, enjoying 133 video games within the division since transferring to Southampton in 2017.

Ought to Aston Villa signal Bednarek?

He averaged a WhoScored score of 6.81 final season, greater than any Villa centre-back managed, whereas his common of 2.9 profitable headers per sport would rank him joint-first amongst Gerrard’s squad from 2021/22 alongside Kortney Hause, who solely performed seven matches.

It appears most probably that Villa will convey a centre-back in over the subsequent few days to cowl for the damage to Carlos, with names equivalent to Attila Szalai and Abdou Diallo being touted with a transfer to the Midlands, and the supervisor must be pushing a deal by means of for Bednarek as shortly as potential.

The 26-year-old is arguably within the prime of his profession, and with the World Cup quick approaching, he might be eager to impress at membership degree with the intention to strengthen his possibilities of that includes for Poland on the finals.