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According to Gianluca Di Marzio, Aston Villa are eyeing a move for Juventus’ Mattia Perin this summer.
What’s the word?
Villa ramped up their preparations for the new season on Wednesday by confirming their ninth signing of the summer as they brought in Trezeguet from Kasimpasa before making it ten on Thursday with Douglas Luiz joining too.
It’s been an exceptionally busy market for the Villans who have also clearly been in the market for a goalkeeper.
Earlier in the window they had a bid rejected for Neil Etheridge and Tom Heaton whilst moves for stoppers like Alex McCarthy and Jack Butland have also been touted.
However, their latest target in that department appears to be Perin.
Di Marzio has laid down claims that Villa want to sign him and Juventus’ sporting director Fabio Paratici is in England to potentially discuss terms.
Perfect for Smith
In one particular manner, Perin would be perfect for Aston Villa and Dean Smith, especially if you take into account the way they played last term.
The Villans were one of the best passing teams in the division and kept possession excellently, maintaining an average of 53.4% throughout the campaign. In terms of their overall pass success, it was 79.8%.
That final statistic was one which put them third out of everyone in the Championship.
Therefore, if we focus on the £11.7m-rated ‘keeper, he’d be ideal.
In Serie A last term, the 26-year-old only played nine matches but he finished the season with a remarkably impressive pass success of 75.3%, something which would be brilliant for Smith’s passing style of play which he’s implemented.
Based on that number, he’d be fully equipped to help the Midlands outfit play from the back, something their previous targets can’t do as well.
Butland finished last season with an average rate of 56.6% whilst Heaton was even worse. He ended the campaign with a number of 46.2% which could severely hinder the team if they chose him instead.
If you consider this area of their respective games, Perin would undoubtedly be the better signing.