Axel Disasi joins Aston Villa after snubbing Tottenham, whose defensive crisis continues as key player gets huge injury
Axel Disasi has joined Aston Villa on loan for the rest of the season having snubbed Tottenham earlier on deadline day. Spurs had been pushing to sign the Chelsea defender on a temporary deal, but he has turned down the chance to stay in London to complete the switch to the Champions League outfit. GettyDisasi has snubbed Spurs in favour of joining Aston Villa[/caption] The move was announced over two hours after the deadline that Disasi had sealed his move after a deal sheet was successfully submitted. talkSPORT understands that Villa have paid Chelsea a £5million loan fee for Disasi’s services. He becomes Unai Emery’s fifth signing of the month with Villa also wrapping up deals for Marcus Rashford and three-time Champions League winner Marco Asensio late in the window. Those loan additions followed earlier permanent deals for Donyell Malen and Andres Garcia. Disasi’s arrival follows late interest from Spurs, although the 26-year-old was always set on joining Emery’s side. It comes as Radu Dragusin is ruled out for the rest of the current campaign in another injury blow for Ange Postecoglou. The Romanian international has torn his ACL. Dragusin was forced off 21 minutes after coming on against Elfsborg in the Europa League last Thursday. The 23-year-old then missed Spurs’ 2-0 win at Brentford on Sunday afternoon as a result of the knee injury. His absence adds to a growing list of injuries in north London, with Cristian Romero also expected to be out for another three weeks. Tottenham need a new defender with Dragusin now a long-term absenteeGetty Meanwhile, centre-back Micky van de Ven has made a staggered return to action with players like Archie Gray forced to play in defence in recent matches. Elsewhere, Dominic Solanke and Guglielmo Vicario are amongst seven other injured Spurs players. Spurs did experience some late success in the window with highly rated Bayern Munich forward Mathys Tel joining on loan from Bayern Munich after Manchester United pulled out of the race. Spurs had earlier failed with a deadline day move for Crystal Palace’s Marc Guehi. Postecoglou saw a late £70million bid for the England centre-back rejected by their London rivals. Instead, his only other January signings have been the additions of goalkeeper Antonin Kinsky and centre-back Kevin Danso. GettyPostecoglou has been hit with further injury and transfer heartache[/caption] The latter has signed on loan from Lens after Spurs successfully hijacked Wolves’ move for the Austrian international. Meanwhile, Kinsky has already made six appearances since joining from Slavia Prague at the start of the window.
Axel Disasi has joined Aston Villa on loan for the rest of the season having snubbed Tottenham earlier on deadline day.
Spurs had been pushing to sign the Chelsea defender on a temporary deal, but he has turned down the chance to stay in London to complete the switch to the Champions League outfit.
The move was announced over two hours after the deadline that Disasi had sealed his move after a deal sheet was successfully submitted.
talkSPORT understands that Villa have paid Chelsea a £5million loan fee for Disasi’s services.
He becomes Unai Emery’s fifth signing of the month with Villa also wrapping up deals for Marcus Rashford and three-time Champions League winner Marco Asensio late in the window.
Those loan additions followed earlier permanent deals for Donyell Malen and Andres Garcia.
Disasi’s arrival follows late interest from Spurs, although the 26-year-old was always set on joining Emery’s side.
It comes as Radu Dragusin is ruled out for the rest of the current campaign in another injury blow for Ange Postecoglou.
The Romanian international has torn his ACL.
Dragusin was forced off 21 minutes after coming on against Elfsborg in the Europa League last Thursday.
The 23-year-old then missed Spurs’ 2-0 win at Brentford on Sunday afternoon as a result of the knee injury.
His absence adds to a growing list of injuries in north London, with Cristian Romero also expected to be out for another three weeks.
Meanwhile, centre-back Micky van de Ven has made a staggered return to action with players like Archie Gray forced to play in defence in recent matches.
Elsewhere, Dominic Solanke and Guglielmo Vicario are amongst seven other injured Spurs players.
Spurs did experience some late success in the window with highly rated Bayern Munich forward Mathys Tel joining on loan from Bayern Munich after Manchester United pulled out of the race.
Spurs had earlier failed with a deadline day move for Crystal Palace’s Marc Guehi.
Postecoglou saw a late £70million bid for the England centre-back rejected by their London rivals.
Instead, his only other January signings have been the additions of goalkeeper Antonin Kinsky and centre-back Kevin Danso.
The latter has signed on loan from Lens after Spurs successfully hijacked Wolves’ move for the Austrian international.
Meanwhile, Kinsky has already made six appearances since joining from Slavia Prague at the start of the window.
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