Unai Emery strengthens his squad ahead of Aston Villa’s Champions League campaign. Villa signed two contracts this summer, with Juventus Enzo Bareneche and Luton Town’s Ross Buckley.

Onana made 72 appearances for Everton last season, including 37 appearances in all competitions, after joining Lille for a fee of £30 million in 2022.

The national team was eliminated by France in the last 16 rounds. Onana becomes Villa’s eighth signing of the summer transfer window, following the arrivals of Len Archer and Jaden Philokine. If add-ons are included, Onana will be Villa’s second most expensive signing in history.

The most expensive, Moussa Diaby, is expected to be sold this summer. will fly to Saudi Arabia before moving to Al-Ittihad, where he will sign a contract worth around £20 million per year until 2029. Villa will receive an annual transfer fee of £50 million after joining Bayer Leverkusen.

Aston Villa may not yet have seen an equivalent transfer for Douglas Luiz, but Unai Emery has secured a player with huge potential by reinvesting the £21 million from the sale of the Brazil international to Juventus Onana.

The 22-year-old impressed during Belgium’s disappointing European Championship campaign this summer and Villa have moved to get ahead of the competition for a player to boost their squad.

According to Everton, he is not universally liked by fans but his arrival at the new club further enhances Everton’s depth in many departments before returning to the top flight of Europe.

Some Everton fans described his call to arms as playing to the crowd and his performance was not the same. “Give us something to be happy about” .

The midfielder’s penalty shootout win against Fulham in the Carabao Cup quarter-final certainly did little to appease the naysayers; He made 14 consecutive appearances in the rivalry at the beginning of the winter. But his confidence on the ball and in tight spaces was also clearly visible; When Everton were going forward they were often sending it out from the back.

The Merseyside club were forced to sell this summer and Onana was allowed to leave, giving them hope of keeping other key assets such as Jarrad Branthwaite and Dominic Calvert.

Onana was always aiming high when he arrived in England two summers ago; so joining a club in the Champions League now fits these needs. Therefore, it is an agreement that benefits all parties.