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Aston Villa have been linked with renewed interest in Lazio midfielder Matteo Guendouzi ahead of the January transfer window.

The former Arsenal playmaker Guendouzi worked with Unai Emery previously at The Emirates and he has long been tipped to summon him back to England and the Premier League while boss of Villa.

He left in 2021 to join Marseille and while back in France he was strongly linked with Villa, following Emery’s appointment. Premier League new-comers Sunderland have also been named as an interested club, according to reports in the Italian press which claims the 26-year-old has gone from “midfield leader to struggling figure” in recent weeks, with the Frenchman’s performances “drawing concern” inside Lazio.

Football Italia say that after a bright start to the

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