Bruno Fernandes selects Jack Grealish as Premier League Player of the Year Manchester United midfielder Bruno Fernandes has appointed Jack Grealish as one of the Premier League's top performers.
Grealish, the captain of Aston Villa, was having another fantastic season both domestically and on the international level for England when he was injured in February.
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He has missed Villa's last 12 games due to a shin injury, including Sunday's loss to United, but he still has six goals and ten assists in the Premier League this season, and only Fernandes and Kevin De Bruyne have produced more major changes.
Grealish was being discussed as a possible Player of the Year candidate prior to his injury, having brought his game to new heights.
Fernandes is also vying for the highest prize in the Premier League's end-of-season awards, and when questioned about the players vying for the division's best individual trophy, he named Grealish.
“There are a lot of decent players in the Premier League,” he told manutd.com. “I believe it is impossible to choose only one. To be the greatest player in the Premier League, you have to be the best from the beginning to the end, rather than coming in and starting playing in December or January and performing well at that time.”
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Heaton, the Villa goalie, is 'edging forward' to a move to Old Trafford.
According to news, Tom Heaton is on his way back to Manchester United on a free transfer.
The 35-year-old goalkeeper's contract at Villa Park will end this season, and he is unable to commit his future recognizing he is well behind Emi Martinez in the pecking order.
Heaton hasn't featured for Villa since suffering knee ligament injury against former club Burnley on New Year's Day last season until returning to Dean Smith's squad on Boxing Day against Crystal Palace.
Heaton is well aware that his chances of breaking into the Villa first-team remain slim, considering Martinez's form following his £20 million moves from Arsenal in September.
According to the Daily Telegraph, Manchester United intend to sign Heaton this summer to compete with Dean Henderson and David de Gea.
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Sergio Romero, United's current third-choice goalkeeper, is due to leave when his deal expires, so Heaton is likely to step up and challenge for the No.1 jersey.
Andre-Frank Anguissa of Fulham is being monitored by Villa.
Villa was said to be interested in Fulham midfielder Andre-Frank Zambo Anguissa ahead of the summer transfer deadline.
Anguissa, 25, seems to be on his way out of Craven Cottage after Scott Parker's team was dropped to the Championship.
Despite Fulham's setbacks in the Premier League this season, he has succeeded and has a host of admirers heading through the transfer window.
Villa is among them, according to the Daily Mail when the team finalizes a set of goals for next season.
Smith and technical director Johan Lange would look for replacements in midfield and attacking areas, in particular, to help Villa maintain their top-flight status.
Since making funds accessible to Smith and the recruitment team in previous summers, owners Nassef Sawiris and Wes Edens are willing to support another big spend in the transfer sector.
Villa's pre-season plans, with a return to the United States impossible
Villa is finalizing their pre-season preparations ahead of a crucial season in 2021/2022, with friendlies already scheduled.
Smith informed reporters that Villa has three arrangements in motion as they wait for clarification on the UK's travel ban.
Just 12 countries are still on the government's green list while the world works to rebound from the Covid 19 pandemic.
Villa was required to remain in the UK for their summer-autumn camp last season, spending 10 days in Cardiff. The team, which included a number of Villa's under-23s, also played a behind-closed-doors friendly against Bristol City at the Vale Resort, with Mbwana Samatta scoring for Smith's side.
In Smith's first pre-season since promotion, the squad jetted out to Minnesota in the United States for an exhausting training camp in sweltering temperatures before finishing the journey with a 3-0 victory over MLS side Minnesota United thanks to goals from Jack Grealish, Henri Lansbury, and Birkir Bjarnason.
Villa also visited Leipzig that summer, before playing friendlies against Shrewsbury Town, Walsall, and Charlton Athletic before the start of the Premier League season at Tottenham Hotspur. Smith brought his Brentford side to Bavaria, Germany, in his final season, which may be an option this summer.
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