Aston Villa tipped to complete six blockbuster summer transfers

Steven Gerrard will be backed in the summer transfer window as Aston Villa aim to compete for European football next season.

The club have spent over £350million on transfer fees alone since gaining promotion back to the Premier League in 2019 and there are no signs of that spending slowing down amid the club's lofty ambitions to break into the top six. In January, Villa signed Philippe Coutinho (loan), Lucas Digne, Calum Chambers and Robin Olsen.

Gerrard wants to continue adding quality to his squad in the coming months and he will be handed the funds necessary to do just that. Ahead of the window opening in June, bookmakers Sky Bet have tipped Villa to sign six players.

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Jesse Lingard is set to leave Manchester United this summer as his contract is expiring at the end of the season. The 29-year-old is expected to leave Old Trafford with plenty of offers available to him after he revived his career while out on loan at West Ham last season.

And the Hammers are one of two teams that have been tipped ahead of Villa to land his signature. Newcastle United are also in the running and have been installed as favourites to sign him this summer.

Villa have admired Kalvin Phillips for years and the Leeds United midfielder could leave his boyhood club this summer. He is yet to pen fresh terms at Elland Road, and while the club is in serious relegation trouble, the England international could leave if Leeds fall out of the top-flight come the end of the month.

Manchester United are the favourites to sign him, but recent reports claim that Phillips would reject a move. Instead, both Newcastle and Villa could be options for the 26-year-old.

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