In the wake of Benteke’s transfer request, Lambert is keen to tie down his other important players so once Aston Villa return from their training camp in Germany, which is next week. Westwood and Clark are both set to agree new contracts. Lowton will also enter contract negotiations.
Westwood is close to sign a new 4-year deal after an impressive debut in the Premier League. Westwood arrived from Crewe for just above £750,000. It’s also rumoured that Roy Hodgson has been watching the young midfielder, and if Westwood continues his fine performances in the Premier League, he may earn a call up throughout the season.
Defender Ciaran Clark only has 12 months left on his contract and is set to commit. There are no reports about the length of the contract.
Three players have already committed their futures to Aston Villa, Nathan Baker, Brad Guzan and Andreas Weimann have all signed new contracts with Lambert’s Aston Villa.
Good to see us tying them down to new contracts. I can really see Westwood being the key man this season. I’m sure he will get an England call up at some point but I do hope it isn’t just yet. Since every Villa player who is called up to England is poached off us (agbonlahor the exception). I don’t see why people are being so negative about our new players though, had we heard of Lowton or Benteke or Westwood? No. I have faith that at least two of these new signings will come good and we’ll be chanting their name soon enough!
Good move by Lambert, I can see Westwood being targeted by one of the bigger teams in the near future and if we can tie him down, that’ll be good.
I don’t want to have another saga next transfer window, although with Aston Villa you never know.
Our new signings will come good, maybe not all of them or straight away but the potential is there
I’m excited that I’m off to see the mighty Villa in just five days. No, we might not see them win and we might not see Lambert field his starting 11 but who cares. I want to see the new boys playing and see Sylla do some of the moves he pulled off in Germany. It’s good to have Albrighton back and of course excellent news on Westwood. Not so sure about Clark but hopefully he’ll pull through. I’d be tempted to put Clark out on loan in the Championship for a while, get him playing.