Steven Gerrard will step up his Aston Villa revolution in the next two weeks after opening talks for Juventus midfielder Rodrigo Bentancur.
Gerrard has made a promising start to life as a Premier League boss with 16 points from 10 games to drag Villa to 11th.
He now aims to add Uruguay international Bentancur,24, to a squad already boosted this month by Philippe Coutinho, Lucas Digne, Robin Olsen and young defender Kerr Smith.