{"id":20151,"date":"2026-07-22T18:26:02","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T18:26:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=20151"},"modified":"2026-07-22T18:26:02","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T18:26:02","slug":"aston-villa-agree-alejandro-garnacho-deal-ex-man-united-star-leaves-chelsea-on-loan-with-conditional-obligation-to-buy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=20151","title":{"rendered":"Aston Villa agree Alejandro Garnacho deal: Ex-Man United star leaves Chelsea on loan with conditional obligation to buy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"js-article-text\" wp_automatic_readability=\"65.241551939925\">\n<p class=\"author-section byline-plain\">By SIMON JONES <\/p>\n<p class=\"byline-section\"><span class=\"article-timestamp article-timestamp-published\"> <span class=\"article-timestamp-label\">Published:<\/span> <time datetime=\"2026-07-22T17:40:22+0100\">  17:40 BST, 22 July 2026 <\/time> <\/span>  | <span class=\"article-timestamp article-timestamp-updated\"> <span class=\"article-timestamp-label\">Updated:<\/span> <time datetime=\"2026-07-22T19:24:48+0100\">  19:24 BST, 22 July 2026 <\/time> <\/span> <\/p>\n<p> <!-- ad: https:\/\/mads.dailymail.co.uk\/v8\/de\/sport\/football\/article\/other\/para_top.html --> <!-- CWV --><link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.com\/static\/mol-fe\/static\/mol-fe-design-system\/latest\/designTokens.css\" media=\"all\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/><!--(if !IE)><!--> <link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.com\/static\/mol-fe\/static\/mol-fe-async-bundle\/11.90.0\/articleDefer.css\" media=\"all\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/> <!--<!(endif)--> <!--(if IE)>\n<link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.com\/static\/gunther\/1.17.0\/registration--.css\" media=\"screen\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/>\n<!(endif)--> <!--(if !IE)><!--> <link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.com\/static\/gunther\/18.6.0\/registration--.css\" media=\"all\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/> <!--<!(endif)--><!--(if IE)>\n<link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.com\/static\/gunther\/1.17.0\/all-ie8-9--.css\" media=\"all\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/>\n<link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.com\/static\/gunther\/1.17.0\/all1-ie8-9--.css\" media=\"all\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/>\n<!(endif)--> <!--(if !IE)><!--> <link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.com\/static\/mol-fe\/static\/mol-fe-sync-bundle\/16.13.0\/desktop.css\" media=\"all\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/> <link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.com\/static\/gunther\/18.6.0\/all--.css\" media=\"all\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/><link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.com\/static\/gunther\/18.6.0\/all1--.css\" media=\"all\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/> <!--<!(endif)--> <!--(if IE 8)>\n\n<!(endif)--> <!--(if IE 9)>\n\n<!(endif)--> <!--(if IE)>\n\n<!(endif)--> <!--(if !IE)> -->  <!--<!(endif)--><!-- SiteCatalyst code version: H.20.3.\n    Copyright 1997-2009 Omniture, Inc. More info available at\n    http:\/\/www.omniture.com -->  <\/p>\n<p>         <!-- End SiteCatalyst code version: H.20.3. -->  <!--(if IE)>\n\n<!(endif)--> <!--(if !IE)> -->   <!--<!(endif)--><!--(if IE)>\n  \n  <noscript><link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.com\/static\/gunther\/gunther-2159\/video_bundle--.css\"><\/noscript>\n  \n<!(endif)--> <!--(if !IE)> --> <link rel=\"preload\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.com\/static\/videoplayer\/7.18.0\/styles\/mol-fe-videoplayer.min.css\" as=\"style\" onload=\"this.rel=\" stylesheet=\"\" \/> <noscript><link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.com\/static\/videoplayer\/7.18.0\/styles\/mol-fe-videoplayer.min.css\" \/><\/noscript>  <!-- <!(endif)-->   <!-- CWV --><\/p>\n<div itemprop=\"articleBody\" wp_automatic_readability=\"30.21592920354\">\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Aston Villa have agreed a deal to sign Alejandro Garnacho from Chelsea.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The 22-year-old has been convinced by Unai Emery and joins on loan with a conditional obligation to buy. Sources say the conditions are easily achievable and the total package meets the Blues&#8217; initial \u00a340million valuation of the player.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The Argentina international has travelled to Birmingham today to complete his medical and will sign a four-year contract once the move becomes permanent.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Manchester United\u00a0are due a sell-on percentage.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Aston Villa had made enquiries during conversations over Morgan Rogers\u2019 \u00a3117m move to Chelsea.<\/p>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\" style=\"style\" wp_automatic_readability=\"7\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"> <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-a7d81925f079491a\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.com\/1s\/2026\/07\/22\/17\/110189901-15997415-image-a-1_1784738372034.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Alejandro Garnacho has left Chelsea to join Aston Villa on loan with a conditional obligation\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/> <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Alejandro Garnacho has left Chelsea to join Aston Villa on loan with a conditional obligation<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Roma had also offered a loan with options for Garnacho.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Garnacho had previously been of interest to Villa before he left Man United last summer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The Argentine winger played 43 matches for Chelsea last season in all competitions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Garnacho featured 24 times in the Premier League for the Blues, scoring one goal and providing three assists.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">He scored eight times in total for Chelsea, with half of his goals coming in the Carabao Cup. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>            <!-- ad: https:\/\/mads.dailymail.co.uk\/v8\/de\/sport\/football\/article\/other\/inread_player.html --><\/p>\n<div class=\"column-content cleared\">\n<div class=\"shareArticles\">\n<h3 class=\"social-links-title\">Share or comment on this article:<br \/>\n                        Aston Villa agree Alejandro Garnacho deal: Ex-Man United star leaves Chelsea on loan with conditional obligation to buy<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>            <ad-slot position=\"smart_feed\"><\/ad-slot><\/p>\n<p>            <ad-slot position=\"after_article\"><\/ad-slot><\/p><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By SIMON JONES Published: 17:40 BST, 22 July 2026 | Updated: 19:24 BST, 22 July&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20152,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20151","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chelsea"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20151","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=20151"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20151\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/20152"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20151"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20151"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20151"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}