Aston Villa winger Leon Bailey
Aston Villa winger Leon Bailey
Aston Villa winger Leon Bailey has joined AS Roma on loan from .
The 28-year-old could sign for Roma permanently next summer as they hold for around £19 million.
will receive a loan fee of roughly £2.5 million, taking the total potential value of the deal to £22 million.
Bailey joined Villa from Bayer Leverkusen in the summer of 2021 for £30 million, as one of three signings brought in to replace .
Villa also spent £60 million on Danny Ings and Emi Buendía that summer, with the latter still at the club.
Bailey made 144 appearances in all competitions for Villa, scoring 22 goals and providing 24 assists.
In the 2023/24 campaign, he contributed 28 goal involvements in 52 matches as Villa finished fourth in the Premier League and reached the semi-finals of the Europa Conference League.
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