{"id":46917,"date":"2026-05-08T13:54:37","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T17:54:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2026\/05\/08\/aston-villa-enter-race-to-sign-in-demand-51m-african-star\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T13:54:37","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T17:54:37","slug":"aston-villa-enter-race-to-sign-in-demand-51m-african-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2026\/05\/08\/aston-villa-enter-race-to-sign-in-demand-51m-african-star\/","title":{"rendered":"Aston Villa enter race to sign in-demand \u00a351m African star"},"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\/2026\/05\/08\/aston-villa-enter-race-to-sign-in-demand-51m-african-star\/#Aston_Villa_firmly_committed_to_signing_Katamo\" >Aston Villa firmly committed to signing Katamo<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-5' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-5'><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-5' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-5'><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-5' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-5'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2026\/05\/08\/aston-villa-enter-race-to-sign-in-demand-51m-african-star\/#Hes_as_elusive_as_McGinn_Aston_Villa_star_looked_like_a_100m_player\" >He&#8217;s as elusive as McGinn: Aston Villa star looked like a \u00a3100m player<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2026\/05\/08\/aston-villa-enter-race-to-sign-in-demand-51m-african-star\/#Katamo_could_replace_Rodgers_for_51m\" >Katamo could replace Rodgers for \u00a351m<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-5' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-5'><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-5' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-5'><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-5' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-5'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2026\/05\/08\/aston-villa-enter-race-to-sign-in-demand-51m-african-star\/#Aston_Villa_are_plotting_to_sign_Watkins_%E2%80%98one_of_the_best_players_in_the_world\" >Aston Villa are plotting to sign Watkins, &#8216;one of the best players in the world&#8217;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Aston Villa are in the race to sign Jenny Katamo from Sporting Club this summer and have already received a number of approaches for the attacker.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- No AdsNinja v10 Client! --><!-- No AdsNinja v10 Client! --><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"aston-villa-firmly-in-the-mix-to-sign-catamo\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Aston_Villa_firmly_committed_to_signing_Katamo\"><\/span>\n                        <strong>Aston Villa firmly committed to signing Katamo<\/strong><br \/>\n               <span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The Villains will be targeting immediate Champions League qualification after defeating Nottingham Forest to reach the Europa League final. With rumors persisting that this season could be the last time Morgan Rodgers wears a Villa shirt, the Midlands are looking to change the narrative towards their arrival.<\/p>\n<p>The focus will likely be on attacking star players with or without Rodgers. Villa are said to have already set their sights on the likes of Matthias Soule, who is on the verge of leaving AS Roma, and are also in the race for an exciting winger.<\/p>\n<p>Aston Villa are in the race to sign Katamo from Sporting Club and have received a number of approaches for the winger in the summer transfer window, according to Portuguese correspondent O Jogo.<\/p>\n<p>It remains to be seen whether the Villains are among the clubs to initiate contact, but they are certainly interested and it&#8217;s clear why.<\/p>\n<div class=\"display-card  article article-card small  no-badge  active-content                              \" data-include-community-rating=\"false\" id=\"aston-villa-youri-tielemans-proved-he-is-undroppable-as-mcginn\" data-nosnippet=\"\">\n<p>                        <\/p>\n<p>                    <span data-field=\"label\" class=\"article-card-label\"><label>related<\/label><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"w-display-card-content regular article-block\">\n<h5 class=\"display-card-title \"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Hes_as_elusive_as_McGinn_Aston_Villa_star_looked_like_a_100m_player\"><\/span>\n<p>\t\t\tHe&#8217;s as elusive as McGinn: Aston Villa star looked like a \u00a3100m player<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h5>\n<p class=\"display-card-excerpt\">Aston Villa defeated Nottingham Forest to advance to the Europa League final. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Katamo has had an excellent season, scoring 13 goals for the club and five for Mozambique at AFCON, and his current contract has a release clause worth \u20ac60m (about \u00a351m).<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s not a cheap deal, but the release clause option could make for tough negotiations with Sporting and save Villa from a summer of disaster.<\/p>\n<p>Donyell Malen is likely to head to Roma on a permanent deal this summer, which is also a deal that makes perfect sense. Since the Dutchman&#8217;s departure, the Villans have been looking for production from the wides.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- No AdsNinja v10 Client! --><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"pound-51m-catamo-could-replace-rogers\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Katamo_could_replace_Rodgers_for_51m\"><\/span>\n                        <strong>Katamo could replace Rodgers for \u00a351m<\/strong><br \/>\n               <span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Although Aston Villa are trying to ignore it, it is true that rumors about Rodgers&#8217; future are spreading rapidly. The attacking star appears destined to leave for big money, forcing the Villains to look for a replacement who could arrive in the form of Katamo this summer.<\/p>\n<div class=\"table-container\">\n<table border=\"1\" cellpadding=\"1\" cellspacing=\"1\" style=\"\" align=\"\" summary=\"\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"col\">\n<p>League statistics 25\/26<\/p>\n<\/th>\n<th scope=\"col\">\n<p>rogers<\/p>\n<\/th>\n<th scope=\"col\">\n<p>Katamo<\/p>\n<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>minutes<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>3,105<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>1,854<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>the goal<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>9<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>6<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>assist<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>5<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>2<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>An opportunity has arisen<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>42<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>28<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>Successful take-up<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>35.7%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>40%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<p>In over 1,000 minutes less, Katamo has scored just six fewer goal involvements than Rodgers this season, while showing significant versatility at full-back and on the wing.<\/p>\n<p>On paper, he ticks too many boxes for Aston Villa to ignore. With competition from Fiorentina, Fulham, Napoli and Atalanta, the Villa Park outfit will need to act quickly when this summer&#8217;s transfer window opens.<\/p>\n<p>Should Katamo, and Rodgers in particular, head for the exits, Aston Villa will be a target for their signings in the coming months.<\/p>\n<p><em>Read next: Aston Villa plot to sign Watkins, &#8216;one of the best players in the world&#8217;<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"display-card  article article-card small  no-badge  active-content                              \" data-include-community-rating=\"false\" id=\"aston-villa-plot-to-sign-watkins-upgrade-jonathan-david\" data-nosnippet=\"\">\n<p>                        <img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"440\" height=\"248\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Aston Villa striker Ollie Watkins\" data-img-url=\"https:\/\/static0.footballfancastimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/aston-villa-striker-ollie-watkins.jpeg?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=220&amp;h=124&amp;dpr=2\" src=\"https:\/\/static0.footballfancastimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/aston-villa-striker-ollie-watkins.jpeg?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=220&amp;h=124&amp;dpr=2\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                    <span data-field=\"label\" class=\"article-card-label\"><label>related<\/label><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"w-display-card-content regular article-block\">\n<h5 class=\"display-card-title \"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Aston_Villa_are_plotting_to_sign_Watkins_%E2%80%98one_of_the_best_players_in_the_world\"><\/span>\n<p>\t\t\tAston Villa are plotting to sign Watkins, &#8216;one of the best players in the world&#8217;<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h5>\n<p class=\"display-card-excerpt\">Aston Villa need to make some changes in attack this summer. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aston Villa are in the race to sign Jenny Katamo from Sporting Club this summer and have already received a number of approaches for the attacker. Aston Villa firmly committed to signing Katamo The Villains will be targeting immediate Champions League qualification after defeating Nottingham Forest to reach the Europa League final. With rumors persisting [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":46918,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[8942,7925,390,5295,40,9196,180,43,86,633],"class_list":{"0":"post-46917","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-51m","9":"tag-african","10":"tag-aston","11":"tag-enter","12":"tag-football","13":"tag-indemand","14":"tag-race","15":"tag-sign","16":"tag-star","17":"tag-villa"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46917","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=46917"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46917\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46918"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46917"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46917"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}