Price tag emerges as Ipswich Town and Stoke City show interest in Aston Villa winger
Stoke City have also asked about Aston Villa winger Jaden Philogene as Hull City look to wrap up a £5m deal, as per the Daily Mail.
21-year-old winger Philogene has spent spells in the Championship with Stoke City and Cardiff City in recent seasons but over the weekend, rumours of a nearing move to Hull City emerged from Hull Live.
Now, a fresh update has emerged on the Aston Villa winger’s situation.
The Daily Mail states that Hull City’s proposed deal for Philogene is worth a fee in the region of £5m. A buy-back option is also included ahead of an expected permanent exit but the Tigers are not the only ones to have shown an interest.
It is added that Ipswich Town and Stoke City have also asked about Philogene but time will tell if they’re to firm up their rumoured interest with an approach as Hull look to wrap up a deal
With a Hull City move in the works and Ipswich Town and Stoke City showing an interest, it looks as though Philogene will be back in the Championship before the window slams shut at 11pm on September 1st.
He has five goals and an assist to his name in 48 Championship appearances and after a bright pre-season the hope will be that he can really kick on with regular minutes in the new campaign.At 21, he has plenty of developing left to do and with regular game time, he could really maximise his potential. The fact a deal could include a buy-back option shows that Villa still rate him even though he’s not in their plans, so time will tell just how the situation pans out.
Please note, due to Premier League broadcasting restrictions, Monday evening’s Premier League 2 fixture with Stoke City will not be live streamed.
James Collins’ side are on the road for the first time in 2023/24 following their season opener at Aggborough last time out.
Despite leading twice, the youngsters in old gold suffered a 3-2 defeat at the hands of Fulham, who snatched a late victory courtesy of Martial Godo’s 96th minute winner.
Owen Hesketh and Justin Hubner were both on the scoresheet for Wolves, before being pegged back by the Cottagers on a dramatic evening.
Stoke also failed to pick up any points in their opening fixture, as Reading came away from St. George’s Park with all three points.
Jayden Wareham struck twice for the Royals to condemn Alex Morris’ side to defeat in their curtain raiser.
Last season, the two sides met at Aggborough in a Premier League Cup tie in which the Potters edged a five-goal thriller by three goals to two to progress into the quarter-final.
Mehdi Leris, Wouter Burger and Nikola Jojic were notable absentees for their current clubs this weekend as Stoke City try to close the net on their final bits of transfer business.
Leris, a 25-year-old utility winger-come-wing-back, was left out of the Sampdoria squad for a 2-1 win over Ternana by new boss Andrea Pirlo, with local media confident that he will complete a move to the Championship in the coming days.
“We’re making some progress,” said Alex Neil after a 1-0 win over Watford on Saturday. “We’re hoping to have two in the building by the early part of this week and then we’re certainly going to be busy between now and the end of the window. Exciting times.
