{"id":24112,"date":"2025-09-27T22:26:15","date_gmt":"2025-09-28T02:26:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2025\/09\/27\/aston-villa-transfer-masterstroke-was-welcomed-to-sign-a-player-as-good-as-martin-odegard\/"},"modified":"2025-09-27T22:26:15","modified_gmt":"2025-09-28T02:26:15","slug":"aston-villa-transfer-masterstroke-was-welcomed-to-sign-a-player-as-good-as-martin-odegard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2025\/09\/27\/aston-villa-transfer-masterstroke-was-welcomed-to-sign-a-player-as-good-as-martin-odegard\/","title":{"rendered":"Aston Villa Transfer &#8220;Masterstroke&#8221; was welcomed to sign a player &#8220;As good as Martin Odegard&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_74 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2025\/09\/27\/aston-villa-transfer-masterstroke-was-welcomed-to-sign-a-player-as-good-as-martin-odegard\/#Owen_Hargreaves_welcomes_Harvey_Elliott_and_Jadon_Sancho\" >Owen Hargreaves welcomes Harvey Elliott and Jadon Sancho<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2025\/09\/27\/aston-villa-transfer-masterstroke-was-welcomed-to-sign-a-player-as-good-as-martin-odegard\/#Elliott_and_Sancho_might_be_useful\" >Elliott and Sancho might be useful<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Monki during a friendly pre-season match between Aston Villa and SS Lazio. (Photo: Marco Rosi -SS Lazio\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<p data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" data-tmdatatrack-visible=\"true\"><strong>Aston Villa completed the signing of Harvey Elliott and Jadon Sancho during the summer transfer period.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" data-tmdatatrack-visible=\"true\">They signed Elliott on loan, obliged to buy players at the end of the season. Meanwhile, Sancho has been signed on loan for the season from Manchester United.<\/p>\n<p data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" data-tmdatatrack-visible=\"true\">Former Manchester United star Owen Hargreaves believes Monki took off her masterstroke before she left. The two signs were his last signs before leaving the club, and Hargreaves believes they can have a lasting impact.<\/p>\n<p data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" data-tmdatatrack-visible=\"true\">Monki is now leaving the club and he will be replaced by Roberto Olabe.<\/p>\n<h2 data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" data-tmdatatrack-visible=\"true\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Owen_Hargreaves_welcomes_Harvey_Elliott_and_Jadon_Sancho\"><\/span>Owen Hargreaves welcomes Harvey Elliott and Jadon Sancho<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" data-tmdatatrack-visible=\"true\">&#8220;Marcus Rashford and Marco Asensio were great for this Aston Villa team,&#8221; said Hargreaves of TNT Sports.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" data-tmdatatrack-visible=\"true\">\u201cI think Harvey Elliott will be as good a player as Martin Odegard in the end.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" data-tmdatatrack-visible=\"true\">&#8220;Technically, I think he&#8217;s great. He obviously had no opportunity in Liverpool.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" data-tmdatatrack-visible=\"true\">&#8220;Obviously Jadon, he&#8217;s up and down, but the talent is there,&#8221; added Hargreaves.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" data-tmdatatrack-visible=\"true\">&#8220;UNAI is a master who makes the most of players who may have struggled elsewhere.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" data-marker-percentage=\"90\" data-tmdatatrack-visible=\"true\">&#8220;It was a master stroke late in the window and helped two really good technicians.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" data-marker-percentage=\"90\" data-tmdatatrack-visible=\"true\">\n<h2 data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" data-marker-percentage=\"90\" data-tmdatatrack-visible=\"true\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Elliott_and_Sancho_might_be_useful\"><\/span>Elliott and Sancho might be useful<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><picture><source type=\"image\/webp\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/icdn.caughtoffside.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/brentford-v-aston-villa-carabao-cup-third-round-414x280.jpg.webp 414w,https:\/\/icdn.caughtoffside.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/brentford-v-aston-villa-carabao-cup-third-round-630x425.jpg.webp 630w,https:\/\/icdn.caughtoffside.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/brentford-v-aston-villa-carabao-cup-third-round-768x519.jpg.webp 768w,https:\/\/icdn.caughtoffside.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/brentford-v-aston-villa-carabao-cup-third-round-770x520.jpg.webp 770w,https:\/\/icdn.caughtoffside.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/brentford-v-aston-villa-carabao-cup-third-round-900x608.jpg.webp 900w,https:\/\/icdn.caughtoffside.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/brentford-v-aston-villa-carabao-cup-third-round-1200x810.jpg.webp 1200w,https:\/\/icdn.caughtoffside.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/brentford-v-aston-villa-carabao-cup-third-round-1536x1037.jpg.webp 1536w,https:\/\/icdn.caughtoffside.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/brentford-v-aston-villa-carabao-cup-third-round-2048x1383.jpg.webp 2048w\" data-sizes=\"(min-width:1230px) 770px, (min-width:1020px) 630px, (min-width:900px) 880px, (min-width:680px) 97vw, (min-width:414px) 414px, 100vw\"><\/source><\/picture><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Aston Villa&#8217;s Harvey Elliott celebrates by scoring the team&#8217;s first goal. (Photo: Eddie Keogh\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" data-marker-percentage=\"90\" data-tmdatatrack-visible=\"true\">It will be interesting to see if Elliott and Sancho can help improve their team by holding back their regular starting spot at Aston Villa this season. There is no doubt that both players have the highest level of quality to compete. They have shown it in the past, and they will be desperate to get their careers back on track with regular football.<\/p>\n<p data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" data-marker-percentage=\"90\" data-tmdatatrack-visible=\"true\">Aston Villa has been extremely poor this season and they aim to bounce back hard. 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