Aston Villa Transfer News: Club in Talks with Club Brugge for Defender Joel Ordonez
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Villa in Talks with Club Brugge for Defender Ordonez
Image source: Getty Images
Image caption: Joel Ordonez played for Ecuador at the World Cup earlier this summer
By Sami Mokbel, Senior Football Correspondent
Published 4 minutes ago
Aston Villa are working to sign Club Brugge central defender Joel Ordonez after failing to agree a deal with Southampton for Taylor Harwood-Bellis.
The Premier League side, who sold England defender Ezri Konsa to Arsenal last week, are accelerating their interest in Ordonez, with discussions ongoing and his Belgian Pro League club wanting a minimum £40m fee for the Ecuador international.
The 22-year-old centre-back has made 124 appearances for Club Brugge since joining in 2022 from Independiente del Valle.
Villa had targeted Harwood-Bellis, but there is understood to be a significant gap in valuation between them and Southampton after an offer worth £18m was rejected.
It remains to be seen whether a transfer for the 24-year-old can still be revived but, as things stand, Unai Emery's side have moved on to other targets.
Villa lost their opening game of the season 4-0 to Brighton on Sunday and are working to strengthen their squad before the transfer deadline on 1 September.
They have lost a host of key players this season with Morgan Rogers, Youri Tielemans, Lucas Digne, and Kona all departing.
There are also questions over Ollie Watkins' future with the striker a target for Al-Hilal in Saudi Arabia.