Luis Suarez breaks silence amid Aston Villa links as Gary Neville makes Steven Gerrard claim

Hello and welcome to today's Aston Villa morning transfer headlines on Tuesday, May 17. Steven Gerrard's side host Burnley on Thursday before rounding off their season at Premier League title favourites Man City on Sunday (May 22, 4pm).

Aston Villa have been linked with a move for soon to be free agent Luis Suarez, who recently paid an emotional farewell to Atletico Madrid after playing his last game for the club on Sunday evening.

Suarez, 35, will depart the La Liga side this summer when his contract expires with Villa reportedly 'preparing to make an offer' for the Uruguayan striker, who played with Steven Gerrard at Liverpool from 2010-2014.

Ahead of his exit from Diego Simeone's side, Suarez posted an emotional farewell message on his personal Instagram. He said: "Eternally grateful to one by one of the fans for the affection, one by one of the workers of the @atleticodemadrid for the affection of the day to day and my family that always accompanied me!"

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Steven Gerrard could suffer a blow to his Aston Villa plans with Michael Beale, a key member of his coaching staff, reportedly a 'contender' for the Charlton Athletic manager job.

Beale, Villa's assistant head coach, followed Gerrard to the Second City from Rangers in November, where several of the coaching staff had helped guide the Ibrox side to the Scottish Premiership title in an unbeaten season last campaign. Gerrard has been vocal in his admiration of Beale , who he met during his time as a youth coach at Liverpool.

Having spent time in the Addicks' academy before injury ended his playing career at a young age, Beale was previously in the running for the manager vacancy at Charlton in November- and the South London Press has reported that