Premier League side avoid points deduction after completing last minute £50m sale on ‘unofficial transfer deadline day’
ASTON VILLA have avoided a potential points deduction next season — after raking in £50million by selling Douglas Luiz to Juventus.
Brazil midfielder Luiz completed his move yesterday after passing a medical at the Serie A giants.
The protracted deal was thrashed out by Villa’s president of football operations Monchi and director of football Damian Vidagany after weeks of tough negotiations.
It means Villa are compliant with t he financial rules after getting the deal through before yesterday’s Premier League deadline passed for the accounting year.
Juventus duo Enzo Barrenechea and Samuel Iling-Junior will join Villa in a separate deal worth £22million later this week.
Luiz is the third and biggest sale Villa have made this summer.
And it now means they have now raised £82m in transfer sales since the end of the season.
Academy starlets Omari Kellyman and Tim Iroegbunam were sold to Chelsea for £19m and Everton for £13m respectively.
And Monchi and Vidagany have also snapped up Chelsea’s Dutch left-back Ian Maatsen for £37m.
That is in addition to Everton winger Lewis Dobbin for £9m.
Meanwhile, Luiz’s replacement, Ross Barkley is expected to complete his £5m move from Luton later this week.
It has been a time of frantic activity by Villa as boss Unai Emery looks to beef up his squad for next season’s Champions League campaign.
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Villa signed Luiz from Manchester City for a bargain £15m five years ago.
And he has become a firm fans’ favourite during his time at Villa Park.
He was consistently linked with a move to Arsenal.
But Juventus — aware of Villa’s need to satisfy PSR regulations — made their move for the 26-year-old, who still had two years remaining on his current deal.
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