Overview
- Fabrizio Romano and multiple outlets report Malen will move to Roma this month on loan with an obligation to buy in the summer.
- Birmingham Live reports a £2m loan fee followed by £25m, while Transfermarkt cites a total just over €31m for the transfer.
- EPL Index, citing the Daily Mail, says the move is expected to be finalised after Roma complete a separate signing of Marseille prospect Robinio Vaz.
- Malen departs roughly a year after joining from Borussia Dortmund for about €25m/£21m, having made limited Premier League starts as Villa added new attackers.
- The exit fits Villa’s January reshaping under PSR pressures, with Roma coach Gian Piero Gasperini described as an admirer and club talks also linked to Leon Bailey and Tammy Abraham.