Aston Villa confirm £18m signing on five-year contract

Aston Villa have completed the signing of winger Jaden Philogene from Hull City.

Everton and Ipswich Town both had £18m bids accepted for the exciting 22-year-old, who was even sensationally linked to Barcelona, but Villa swooped in to trigger the buy-back clause they inserted in their deal to sell Philogene last summer.

Villa also had a 30% sell-on clause with Hull, which reports suggest takes the total cost of this deal down to £13.5m.

Philogene becomes the second player to return to Villa this summer, following on from Cameron Archer, and is the seventh new face in Unai Emery's squad as they prepare for life in the Champions League next season.

Ian Maatsen, Samuel Iling Junior, Lewis Dobbin, Ross Barkley and Enzo Barrenechea have all joined Villa this summer, while Everton midfielder Amadou Onana is on the cusp of sealing his own switch to Villa Park.

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