Aston Villa face Luis Suarez transfer battle as interest grows in ex-Liverpool man

Aston Villa are preparing for their final Premier League home game against relegation-threatened Burnley on Thursday night.

Matters at both the bottom and then top of the table will be at stake as Villa then finish their season with a trip to Manchester City on Sunday. Villa are finishing the season in decent form with just one defeat in five games, which was against boss Steven Gerrard's old club Liverpool.

But these next two games will give Gerrard more food for thought ahead of a summer spending spree as he aims to get 13th-placed Villa pushing for European qualification.

Here is a round of the latest Aston Villa transfer stories.

Villa will face competition from Seville and Inter Milan this summer for the signature of Luis Suarez. Villa were linked with Gerrard’s former Liverpool team-mate in January only for the club to rule out buying Suarez.

But the veteran striker, 35, is now available on a free transfer this summer when his contract expires at Atletico Madrid on June 30. Villa last week confirmed the permanent £17million addition of Philippe Coutinho, 29, following his successful loan from Barcelona.

Now Fichajes claim that former Anfield and Barca team-mates Coutinho and Suarez could be reunited. But Sevilla are reported to also be monitoring the situation as they need a proven La Liga centre forward for next season.

While Inter Milan also want more firepower for boss Simone Inzaghi to rotate with Edin Dzeko and Lautaro Martínez. Uruguay forward Suarez has scored 34 goals for Atletico in 82 games after joining in 2020 from Barca where he netted 194 in 282. If he went to Villa he would join their top earners like Coutinho on £125,000-a-week.

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