{"id":26564,"date":"2025-11-12T05:51:44","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T10:51:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2025\/11\/12\/aston-villa-aim-to-make-a-quick-move-to-sign-bundesliga-star-looking-for-a-new-challenge\/"},"modified":"2025-11-12T05:51:44","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T10:51:44","slug":"aston-villa-aim-to-make-a-quick-move-to-sign-bundesliga-star-looking-for-a-new-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2025\/11\/12\/aston-villa-aim-to-make-a-quick-move-to-sign-bundesliga-star-looking-for-a-new-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"Aston Villa aim to make a quick move to sign Bundesliga star looking for a new challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"article-body\">\n<!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Aston Villa are reportedly eyeing a possible transfer for Borussia Dortmund attacking midfielder Julian Brandt, whose future is in doubt.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Germany international has been a key player for Dortmund for many years, and the Bundesliga side are unlikely to want to lose him.<\/p>\n<p>However, TEAMtalk reports that Brunt himself is open to a new challenge, which could give him a chance with Villa, who are one of the clubs interested.<\/p>\n<p>Unai Emery&#8217;s side have had a bit of a shaky start to the season, so perhaps making one or two changes to the squad in January could do the trick.<\/p>\n<p>It will be interesting to see how this story develops in the coming weeks, as Brunt could add something a little different to Villa&#8217;s attack.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Julian Brandt of Borussia Dortmund (Photo by Maja Hitij\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Julian Brandt hints at possible move to Aston Villa<\/h2>\n<p>According to TEAMtalk, Dortmund are hoping to keep Brandt and sign him to a new contract, with the 29-year-old set to become a free agent in the summer of 2026.<\/p>\n<p>This means AVFC could have the chance to sign Brandt on the cheap in January, although it is not yet clear what decision the player will ultimately make.<\/p>\n<p>Brandt has four goals and two assists so far this season, so it would be a good thing for BVB to keep him, but he could be persuaded to stay put if he wants to continue playing regularly at a top club.<\/p>\n<p>However, Villa will be an interesting change of scenery for the player who has spent his entire career in the Bundesliga.<\/p>\n<p>Morgan Rodgers has been a mainstay in Villa&#8217;s attacking midfield department lately and has just signed a new contract, so it&#8217;s a boost for the Midlands side.<\/p>\n<p>But if they lose Rodgers in the future, it would probably be wise to replace them with someone like Blount.<\/p>\n<p><!-- Article End -->\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aston Villa are reportedly eyeing a possible transfer for Borussia Dortmund attacking midfielder Julian Brandt, whose future is in doubt. The Germany international has been a key player for Dortmund for many years, and the Bundesliga side are unlikely to want to lose him. However, TEAMtalk reports that Brunt himself is open to a new [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":26565,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[40],"class_list":{"0":"post-26564","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-football"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26564","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26564"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26564\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26565"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26564"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26564"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26564"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}