'Smart business' or 'gambles'? Your thoughts on Villa's transfers

Aston Villa have already completed a fair bit of transfer business this summer, with Juventus duo Enzo Barrenechea and Samuel Iling-Junior becoming Unai Emery's latest recruits.

We wanted to know if you have been excited or concerned by Villa's transfer activity.

Here are some of your thoughts:

Mart: Totally underwhelmed, to be honest. It is becoming an absolute farce because of Financial Fair Play constraints. Obviously there will be more transfer activity but we need to boost the squad with at least two marquee signings. Surely, to be able to push on now, it needs to be more about bringing in quality and not just about having bums on the bench!

Paul: I'm not really excited to see us getting two squad players from Juventus who finished over 20 points behind the Serie A winners. Hopefully they will turn out to be OK signings, but neither of them play in areas that I thought we needed to strengthen.

Louis: Smart business from Monchi. Douglas Luiz had a new deal on the table for a while and he didn't sign it. We knew we needed to get creative with Profit and Sustainability Rules. Reaching this deal for Luiz has given us relief from PSR and we have two new players that Emery can coach into great players for the squad.

Carlos: Douglas Luiz was a complete midfielder, good on the offence and good in defence. Is he only worth half a Declan Rice? We have got two new squad players instead of cash, but is Iling-Junior better than Jaden Philogene and will Enzo be able to gel with Boubacar Kamara?

Mark: I'm really unsure on the new players we have signed so far. They clearly help the financial situation at the club but they do look like real gambles. I think it's odd to sign a left-back when we need cover at right-back. In Unai we trust, but hopefully some marquee signings will soon follow.