{"id":78805,"date":"2025-08-06T07:47:21","date_gmt":"2025-08-06T06:47:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/?p=78805"},"modified":"2025-08-06T07:47:29","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T06:47:29","slug":"aston-villa-close-in-on-30m-deal-for-nice-striker-evann-guessand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/aston-villa-close-in-on-30m-deal-for-nice-striker-evann-guessand\/","title":{"rendered":"Aston Villa Close In on \u00a330M Deal for Nice Striker Evann Guessand"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Aston Villa are set to secure their first major signing of the summer with the imminent arrival of Evann Guessand from Ligue 1 side Nice. The deal is reported to be worth &pound;26 million plus &pound;4.3 million in add-ons. The 24-year-old Ivory Coast international is scheduled to undergo a medical on Wednesday, with personal terms expected to be finalized soon. <\/p><p>Guessand enjoyed a breakout season in France last term as he scored 12 goals in 32 league appearances. Notably, the striker was voted Nice&rsquo;s Player of the Season as the club finished fourth in Ligue 1. While Guessand attracted interest from Crystal Palace, it is Aston Villa who won the race for his signature. <\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Guessand To Add Firepower to Villa Attack<\/h2><p>Villa&rsquo;s pursuit of Guessand comes after months of searching for additional firepower up front. Since Jhon Duran&rsquo;s January move to Al-Nassr, the club has relied heavily on Ollie Watkins as their only senior centre-forward. Marcus Rashford briefly added to the attacking firepower during his loan spell last season but has since moved to Barcelona. Guessand&rsquo;s arrival offers manager Unai Emery a dynamic and versatile attacking option. <\/p><p>The French-born forward is capable of playing across the front line. His international debut for Ivory Coast came in June 2024, and he has since earned nine caps, scoring his first international goal in March. <\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Evann Guessand &#9679; Welcome to Aston Villa 2025 &#128995;&#128309;&#127464;&#127470; Best Goals &amp; Skills\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GXYM6Ud4tSg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure><p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/neymar-shines-with-brace-for-santos-eyes-brazil-return-in-world-cup-qualifiers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>ALSO READ: Neymar Shines with Brace for Santos, Eyes Brazil Return in World Cup Qualifiers<\/a><\/strong><\/p><p>Villa have operated cautiously this transfer window to comply with UEFA&rsquo;s profitability and sustainability regulations. Guessand is Villa&rsquo;s first big signing of the summer, following two earlier additions of youngster Yasin Ozcan and goalkeeper Marco Bizot. Villa finished sixth in the Premier League last season and earned a spot in the Europa League. Unai Emery&rsquo;s men begin their 2025\/26 campaign on Saturday, August 16 at home against Newcastle United. <\/p>\n<div class=\"mm-layout mm-layout-type-post mm-layout-slot4\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Villa have operated cautiously this transfer window to comply with UEFA&#8217;s profitability and sustainability regulations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":78806,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_mux_skip_reasons":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[5618,4038],"tags":[4170,9016,6190,9015,5128],"class_list":["post-78805","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-premier-league","category-soccer","tag-aston-villa","tag-evann-guessand","tag-nice","tag-ogc-nice","tag-unai-emery"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Aston Villa Close In on &pound;30M Deal for Nice Striker Evann Guessand - 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