Aston Villa struck gold on Smith signing who’s worth £33m more than Luiz

Last season, The Athletic’s Jacob Tanswell wrote that Douglas Luiz has climbed to the position of “one of the Premier

League’s standout midfielders,” with his efforts in the middle of the park critical to Aston Villa’s remarkable top-four

finish.

Luiz has been a member of the Villa Park system for five years, having joined from Manchester City at the age of 21

for a cost of £15 million in 2019. He has since made 204 appearances, scoring 22 goals and assisting 24 more.

Villa, designed by Unai Emery, have played on the fertile soil of European competition and now ascend to the most

eminent table, a position among the elite of the elite.

Emery combined skill, determination, and tactical acumen to construct this system of such flow and fervour, with

Luiz at the forefront. Last season, they each had ten goals and ten assists. The general in the middle, the pacesetter

and mood creator. Unfortunately, he’s on his way out. The need to comply with the Premier League’s profit and

sustainability (PSR) standards has driven him to Turin, where Juventus has signed the Brazil international and

allowed talented duo Enzo Barrenechea (deep midfielder) and Samuel Iling-Junior (young English winger) to join

Villa Park.

Luiz, rated at €50 million (£42 million) in total during the process, goes as a crucial member of Villa’s development,

but there’s actually another Lions talent valued significantly higher than the 26-year-old Dean Smith’s Aston Villa

had barely survived their return to England’s top division in the summer of 2020 and aimed to improve significantly,

pushing upwards.

BREAKING:Aston Villa struck gold on Smith signing who’s worth £33m more than Luiz