Louie Barry of Aston Villa runs with the ball during the Pre-Season Friendly match between Spartak Trnava and Aston Villa at Anton Malatinsky Stadium
Louie Barry spent the first half of the season in League One with Stockport County
Aston Villa forward Louie Barry is set to join Championship promotion hopefuls Sheffield United on loan for the forthcoming season - a move which'll be the eighth loan move of his Villa career, to the seventh different club.
Barry joined Villa from Barcelona in 2020 and has made one senior appearance, that coming in the 2021 tie with Liverpool behind closed doors,
Since, the 22-year-old, who spent ten years in the academy of West Bromwich Albion before moving to Barcelona in 2019, has had spells with Ipswich Town, Swindon Town, MK Dons, Salford City, Stockport County twice and then, in January of last year, Hull City.
Barry made only four appearances for the Tigers before being struck down with injury, which ruled him out for the remainder of the season - but he did leave a lasting impression on his manager Ruben Selles, who has since taken over at Bramall Lane from Chris Wilder and is set to link up with Barry again.
The Blades missed out on an immediate return to the Premier League last season, despite going toe to toe with automatic promotion pair Leeds United and Burnley for much of the campaign, but they lost in the play-off final to Sunderland and are preparing for another tilt in the second tier.
Barry, so far, has made 126 career appearances across his loan spells and has racked up 35 goals, including 25 for Stockport between the summer of 2023 and January of this year - and that included six months of injuries - as the club secured promotion to League One and challenged for the Championship.
What should Villa do in the summer window?
adidas Aston Villa range - how to get yours!
Aston Villa have announced that they are selling a new range of fashion items that fans are going to be clamouring to get hold of ahead of the new season - including a limited edition of the iconic adidas Samba range.
The Villa colours are displayed on the trainers and they also show off the Villa badge.
You can also find an adidas DNA hoody which comes in simple Villa colours and a low key traditional adidas design.
The same design can be found on classic adidas track top on offer, this is the type of track top that fans love to wear -
The DNA range continues with a claret and blue t-shirt - , and on the training pants which can also be matched with any of the items -
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