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WHY TAMMY ABRAHAM’S RETURN IS THE FINAL PIECE OF ASTON VILLA’S TITLE PUZZLE
Tammy Abraham is home! Aston Villa confirm £18.25m deal for the England star as Douglas Luiz closes in on a shock return.
Tammy Abraham is back at Aston Villa. The England striker just signed a four-and-a-half-year deal after Villa paid £18.25 million to bring him in from Besiktas. He actually took a pay cut to make it happen. Abraham, now 28, returns to the Premier League for the first time since he left for Roma in 2021.
His move was a bit roundabout. Abraham had been on loan at Besiktas from Roma, and the Turkish club triggered their £11 million buy option earlier this week. But now Villa have stepped in and paid the big fee to Besiktas instead.
Unai Emery has been looking for another striker to push Ollie Watkins, especially since Jhon Duran left for Saudi Arabia last year. Now, with Abraham back in the squad, Emery finally has the competition he wanted. Let’s not forget, Abraham already had a successful loan spell with Villa in 2018/19, helping them win promotion from the Championship.
The deal also sends teenage Villa midfielder Yasin Ozcan, who spent this season on loan at Anderlecht, over to Besiktas.
Abraham’s set to make his second debut against Brentford on Sunday. He won’t feature in Thursday’s Europa League match with Red Bull Salzburg, though—he’s not registered for that one.
And Abraham isn’t the only big signing Villa fans can look forward to. Douglas Luiz is also on the verge of returning to Villa Park. The Brazilian midfielder, 27, is on loan at Nottingham Forest from Juventus, but he’s leaving the City Ground before Monday’s transfer deadline. Villa beat out Chelsea for his signature.
Bringing Luiz back just adds to what’s already one of the strongest midfields in the Premier League. Emery’s clearly not messing around—he’s building on Villa’s best assets.
All of this comes at a crucial time. Villa sit third in the table, only four points behind Arsenal with 15 games left. They’re right in the thick of the title race, and these signings could make all the difference.
SCATHING VERDICT: ANGE POSTECOGLOU CLAIMS TOTTENHAM ARE "NOT A BIG CLUB" TODAY
Ange Postecoglou claims Tottenham "isn't a big club" in a scathing review of their transfer policy following Thomas Frank's sacking.
Ange Postecoglou didn’t mince words about why Tottenham keep falling short. He says the club’s refusal to really compete with the Premier League’s top spenders holds them back, simple as that.
Postecoglou got the boot last June, right after he delivered a Europa League trophy and ended a 17-year wait for silverware. Now his replacement, Thomas Frank, is out too. Tottenham sit 16th in the league, just five points clear of relegation, and they’ve got league leaders Arsenal up next. Not exactly a fun place to be.
After Frank’s sacking, Postecoglou went on The Overlap’s Stick to Football podcast and pretty much called out Tottenham’s whole approach. “If you look at what they spend and how they structure wages, they’re just not a big club,” he said. He saw it firsthand while trying to sign players; Tottenham just weren’t in the race for the big names.
In his first season, Postecoglou managed to get Tottenham up to fifth. But things went downhill. The next year, even with that Europa League win, they slipped to 17th. He’s convinced the club just doesn’t get what it takes to win, you have to take some risks, and they just won’t.
“I felt like the club was saying, ‘We’re one of the big boys,’ but honestly, they’re not,” he said.
Frank was Tottenham’s fifth full-time manager since Mauricio Pochettino left in 2019, even though Pochettino took them to a Champions League final. Fans are frustrated. Tottenham keep missing out on their transfer targets. Frank wanted Morgan Gibbs-White from Nottingham Forest last summer, but that didn’t happen. Arsenal snatched up Eberechi Eze instead.
Postecoglou, who later had a short, rocky stint at Forest himself, thinks Frank might not have realised what he was getting into. “There’s no guarantee with any manager. They’ve had some world-class people in that job and still no real success. Why is that?” he asked. “What’s the real objective here? Did Thomas even know what he was walking into? Who knows?
136-YEAR CURSE: BURNLEY AVOID MATCHING 1890 RECORD WITH A SENSATIONAL COMEBACK CRYSTAL PALACE 3-2 WIN
Burnley escaped a historic 136-year record! Read how Scott Parker’s men scored three in six minutes to stun Crystal Palace 3-2.
Burnley looked finished. Down 2-0 after just half an hour, with Jørgen Strand Larsen scoring his first goals for Crystal Palace, it pretty much felt like Scott Parker’s team were about to tie their old record: 17 top-flight games without a win, a streak that’s haunted them since 1890. For Burnley fans, the past three months have been brutal. Then, out of nowhere, everything flipped in six wild minutes right before halftime.
Hannibal Mejbri pulled one back. Jaidon Anthony levelled it. Then Jefferson Lerma, of all people, knocked in an own goal. Just like that, Burnley snatched only their second away win since promotion. It keeps their survival hopes alive, barely, but Parker knows they’ll need a few more miracles like this to actually stay up.
For Palace, this was a harsh wake-up call. Their big win over Brighton had just snapped a 12-game winless spell, and for a while, it looked like Oliver Glasner’s side were cruising to only their third home victory of the season, something that would’ve eased their relegation fears. But sloppy defending let Burnley right back in.
Burnley’s luck before kickoff didn’t exactly scream “comeback”. Parker had never won a league game in London as an away manager, and the team bus got stuck in traffic, pushing kick-off back by ten minutes. Palace, for their part, hadn’t lost at home to a promoted side since Sunderland thrashed them 4-0 back in 2017.
When Strand Larsen smashed in a gorgeous ball from Adam Wharton and then dived to head in Lerma’s cross after Kyle Walker messed up, it just seemed like Burnley were doomed.
But then Mejbri gave the visitors a lifeline, beating Dean Henderson with a sharp finish. Suddenly, Burnley were level. There was some debate about whether Lesley Ugochukwu handled the ball before setting up Anthony to score, but nobody could argue with the bottom corner finish – no chance for the keeper.
Then came the third: Bashir Humphreys’ header was stopped by Henderson, but Lerma could only turn the rebound into his own net. Palace trudged off at halftime to boos. Glasner sent them back out early, probably after some choice words in the dressing room.
Even with £35 million man Brennan Johnson on the pitch, Palace couldn’t break down Burnley’s defence. Daichi Kamada missed a decent chance, and Martin Dubravka’s save in stoppage time kept out Ismaïla Sarr. In the end, it was Burnley’s small but loud travelling support celebrating. Somehow, their team had pulled off a rare and badly needed win.
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