Overview

• Villa have lodged a €15 million offer while PSG are seeking €20 million, according to L’Équipe reports echoed by multiple outlets.
• Both clubs are described as optimistic about striking an agreement before Monday’s transfer deadline.
• Asensio scored eight goals on loan last season, contributing to Villa’s Champions League quarter-final and FA Cup semi-final runs and a sixth-place league finish.
• Fenerbahçe were close to signing the Spain international earlier in the summer before that move collapsed, with additional interest from elsewhere in Europe noted.
• CaughtOffside cites reports of wages around £300,000 per week and notes Villa’s sale of Jacob Ramsey as part of a summer shaped by PSR considerations.