National 3 - Group M · Attacker · #0 · France · 30 yrs
It is a new era for Aston Villa - and Johan Manzambi will be one of the poster boys. After ending a 30-year wait for a trophy with May's Europa League triumph, Villa have broken their transfer record to sign the Switzerland midfielder in a deal worth more than £50m from Freiburg. Newcastle were close to signing Manzambi last week only for Villa to step in and snatch him.
It looks very much like Johan Manzambi is going to be an Aston Villa player and not a Newcastle United one. It's a familiar feeling - Newcastle missing out on someone that they had worked hard to bring to St James' Park and appeared to be close to completing a deal for.
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