Aston Villa Pressing to Move Leon Bailey Before Transfer Deadline

Overview

• Negotiations are active for Bailey with several clubs reported to have approached Villa, including Al Diriyah, Hull City and Sevilla, but no permanent deal has been completed.
• Reports say Villa have lowered their asking price to about €9–10 million to accelerate a late-window exit for the 29-year-old.
• Manager Unai Emery said he hopes Bailey will leave before the window closes and has signed Ibrahim Mbaye from PSG for the role Bailey occupied, leaving the Jamaican largely out of the squad.
• Bailey’s decline follows injuries and a stalled loan at AS Roma that lasted the first half of 2025/26, and he has not replicated his 2023/24 form of 10 goals and nine assists.
• If Villa complete a sale before the deadline it would cut wages for a player under contract through 2027 and close a late-window scramble that has already seen at least two near-moves to Hull City collapse.