Aston Villa have completed the £30 million signing of Evann Guessand, who will go some way towards helping Unai Emery resolve a key issue from last season.

No team in the top half of the Premier League table scored fewer goals than Villa managed last term - 58, a huge 18 fewer than in 2023/24.

Villa are not a team whose success under Emery has been built on defensive prowess, having conceded the most goals in the top seven last season (51) and 10 more in the previous campaign when they finished fourth.

Often needing to score at least twice to win a game, Villa require plenty of sources of output, and last week Emery admitted that sharing the goals across the squad is an area where the team must improve heading into next season.

After Villa’s first win in pre-season, against St.

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