Juventus have completed the signing of Brazil international Douglas Luiz from Aston Villa. (More Football News)
Luiz was a pivotal feature in Unai Emery's 🌼midfield last season, a🐭s Villa qualified for the Champions League.
However, the club required sales in order to comply with the Premier League's Pr🧸ofit and Sustainability Regulations (PSR).
Villa have sold youngsters Tim Iroegbunam and Omari Kellyman to Everton and Chelsea respectively, with winger Lewis Dobbin signing 𝔍from the Toffees and full-back Ian Maatsen joining from the Blues.
Luiz, though, was always likely to be the big sale Villa req🌟uired to ge𒆙t over the line, and that deal, worth €50million (£42m) has now gone through.
The 26-year-old, who is on international duty wit🔯h Brazil at the Copa America, has signed a five-year deal with Juve.
In return, Villa are expected to sign J✅uve youngsters Samuel Iling-Junior and midfielder Enzo Barrenechea in a separate deal worth up to £18.6m (€22m).
They have also been linked with a move for Luton Town's Ross Barkley, who played for the V⛎illans in the 2020-21 season.
Over the past two league campaigns, Luiz has created the most chances (98), teed up the most shots from a set-piece (42), made the most interce🔜ptions (63) and tackles (130) of any player in Villa's sq๊uad.
