Unai Emery was asked if Aston Villa will sign Douglas Luiz or Jadon Sancho permanently this summer
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Aston Villa manager Unai Emery says he has not yet decided whether the club will sign either Jadon Sancho or Douglas Luiz on a permanent basis.
Sancho joined Villa on loan in September for the remainder of the season and is set to become a free agent this summer.
Douglas Luiz, meanwhile, returned to Villa on loan from Juventus during the January transfer window after Youri Tielemans suffered an injury.
Villa hold an option to sign Luiz permanently for around £23 million, but the Brazilian has struggled for regular playing time since Tielemans returned to fitness.
Ahead of Villa’s final match of the season against Manchester City on Sunday, Emery was asked if Villa have decided whether or not sign either players on permanent deals.
“Not yet,” he said. “Now we are finishing the season. We will reflect and analyse each situation. We will decide it, but not yet.
“I am so, so proud of every player and how they have responded. Now is the moment after Sunday to take decisions how we will continue building and getting our development strongly.
"We are ambitious and everything we did is important to how we can analyse how to get better next year. I only want to improve and get better next year. The decisions we take will be in this direction.
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