Aston Villa boss Steven Gerrard is already off to a flier with his end of season recruitment after pledging to have an "exciting" summer as he bids to turn the club into contenders for Europe.
Philippe Coutinho was first through the door when his loan from Barcelona was turned into a permanent £17million deal on a contract worth £125,000-a-week. He has since been joined by French midfielder Boubacar Kamara,22, who Gerrard has hailed as one of the best young stars in Europe.
Now Gerrard is turning his attention to bringing in a new defender after both Ezri Konsa and Tyrone Mings struggled to produce consistently good form this term. Gerrard is also believed to be in the market for a new striker too to give Ollie Watkins more competition.
