Overview
- Villa’s offer for García was reported via Fichajes with conflicting figures of €30 million and £26 million carried by EPL Index and talkSPORT.
- García struck a LaLiga hat-trick against Real Betis and described himself as Kylian Mbappé’s natural substitute.
- European football analyst Andy Brassell told talkSPORT he finds it hard to imagine Real Madrid letting García go in this window.
- TalkSPORT reports Villa have turned attention to Newcastle forward William Osula, with suggestions Newcastle could be open to a sale and German clubs are monitoring him.
- Claims that Unai Emery fully approved a García move originate from intermediary reporting and have not been broadly corroborated.