{"id":20376,"date":"2026-07-23T08:24:17","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T08:24:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=20376"},"modified":"2026-07-23T08:24:17","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T08:24:17","slug":"chelsea-agree-alejandro-garnacho-loan-deal-with-aston-villa-and-buy-clause-included","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=20376","title":{"rendered":"Chelsea agree Alejandro Garnacho loan deal with Aston Villa and buy clause included"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<h2 class=\"LeadText_lead-text__wd_PA __className_9f853e\" data-testid=\"leadtext\">The Argentina international is edging closer to a move to Aston Villa after a turbulent 12 months<\/h2>\n<div class=\"Byline_byline-container__K_Owl\" data-testid=\"byline\"><span class=\"Byline_byline-content-wrapper__Imque\" data-testid=\"byline-content\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"Byline_author-badge-date-wrapper__Q7jj1\">\n<p><span class=\"\" data-testid=\"byline-publishedDate\">17:35, 22 Jul 2026<\/span><span class=\"ArticleTimestamp_updated-date__7qD4Q ArticleTimestamp_updated-date-with-published__iFKpF\" data-testid=\"byline-updatedDate\">Updated 19:38, 22 Jul 2026<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n<p><button type=\"button\" class=\"SlideViewerButton_slide-viewer-button__BDJoG\" aria-label=\"Open image viewer\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-controls=\"image-lightbox\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-embed__0T8WX ImageEmbed_image-lead__Ti3qQ\" data-testid=\"leadimage\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"34335878\">\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-container__2AIQm\">\n<figure class=\"Figure_figure__Uce4f\" style=\"--figure-aspect-ratio:1.5\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Alejandro Garnacho\" loading=\"eager\" sizes=\"(max-width: 508px) 508px, (max-width: 615px) 615px, 1200px\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.football.london\/article34335878.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200f\/0_GettyImages-2276545788.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.football.london\/article34335878.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s508\/0_GettyImages-2276545788.jpg 508w, https:\/\/i2-prod.football.london\/article34335878.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615\/0_GettyImages-2276545788.jpg 615w, https:\/\/i2-prod.football.london\/article34335878.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200f\/0_GettyImages-2276545788.jpg 1200w\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"ImageCaption_caption__j7HRu\" data-testid=\"image-caption\">\n<p aria-label=\"Alejandro Garnacho is close to leaving Chelsea  \" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Alejandro Garnacho is close to leaving Chelsea  <\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<p><\/button><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Chelsea have agreed a deal with Aston Villa for Alejandro Garnacho, with the winger set to move on an initial loan after being deemed surplus to requirements at Stamford Bridge.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Villa stepped up negotiations earlier this week after receiving indications that he was seeking a fresh challenge.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">football.london<\/strong> understands an agreement between the clubs is now in place, with Unai Emery having personally requested the Argentine. The deal includes a \u00a342.5m buy clause that would become mandatory if certain conditions are met, and it is believed the conditions will easily be triggered.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Garnacho has already completed his medical and is now in Birmingham to finalise the move. A four\u2011year contract is said to be lined up, should the conditional obligation\u2011to\u2011buy clause be met and the deal made permanent.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">FOLLOW OUR CHELSEA FB PAGE! <\/strong><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Latest Blues news, analysis and much more via our dedicated Facebook page<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The 22-year-old found himself at another crossroads just a year after leaving Manchester United under a cloud to force a \u00a340million move to Chelsea.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">But after failing to secure a regular starting spot in west London and not returning for pre\u2011season under new boss Xabi Alonso, he was once again searching for a fresh start.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Chelsea were seeking a solution, and Villa responded by opening talks over an initial loan this week. Emery has held a long-standing interest in the Argentine, having attempted to sign him the previous summer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Garnacho had drawn strong interest from clubs across Europe and Saudi Arabia, all keen to secure his signature.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">However, he is not viewed as a direct replacement for Morgan Rogers who completed a record \u00a3117million move to Chelsea, delivering Villa a substantial return on their investment following his arrival from Middlesbrough in February 2024.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The deal is also separate from the negotiations that took place over the transfer of Rogers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Villa&#8217;s club\u2011record signing Johan Manzambi from Freiburg is viewed as the direct replacement for the outgoing Rogers, but the club have also shifted their focus toward bringing in a wide player.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Garnacho struggled to establish himself in London after his \u00a340m switch from Old Trafford last summer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">He made just 22 starts across all competitions &#8211; 14 of them in the Premier League, where he registered eight goals.<\/p>\n<section aria-busy=\"true\" aria-label=\"Loading poll\" class=\"Poll_poll-container__66GSR\"\/><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Argentina international is edging closer to a move to Aston Villa after a turbulent&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20377,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20376","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\/20376","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=20376"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20376\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/20377"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20376"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20376"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20376"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}