Aston Villa do not want to pay the La Liga defender's asking price of 20 million euros

Aston Villa have set their sights on Celta Vigo defender Oscar Mingueza, and they are expected to make their move this month. However, it turns out that closing a deal will be easier said than done.

Monchi, Aston Villa's sporting director, attended Celta's 2-1 defeat at Rayo Vallecano on Friday to take in Mingueza's performance, which highlighted how much Premier League interest there would be. Despite this, Sport they say they are not willing to pay the 25-year-old's release clause, which is valued at 20 million euros.

Celtic You do not intend to negotiate with any club that wants to sign Mingueza, which means that the release clause that is activated is the only way to make an agreement – this is because they only receive half of the transfer fee, with the another 50% going to Barcelona. As such, it makes sense that his position is this, so Aston Villa must now decide whether to make that move or not.