{"id":16943,"date":"2026-01-20T18:58:26","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T13:28:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=681821"},"modified":"2026-01-20T18:58:26","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T13:28:26","slug":"aston-villa-close-in-on-tammy-abraham-return-as-unai-emery-recalls-leon-bailey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/football\/aston-villa-close-in-on-tammy-abraham-return-as-unai-emery-recalls-leon-bailey\/","title":{"rendered":"Aston Villa close in on Tammy Abraham return as Unai Emery recalls Leon Bailey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Villa are stepping up their summer plans with a major attacking reshuffle, as the club has reached an agreement on personal terms with Tammy Abraham, while also recalling Leon Bailey from his loan spell at Roma.<\/p>\n<p>According to transfer expert Fabrizio Romano, Villa have successfully agreed personal terms with former Chelsea striker Abraham, signalling strong intent to bring the England international back to the Premier League. Talks are now ongoing between Aston Villa and Turkish giants Be\u015fikta\u015f, where Abraham is currently contracted, to finalise the transfer fee. While negotiations over the valuation continue, Villa are confident a deal can be struck in the coming days.<\/p>\n<p>Abraham, a product of Chelsea\u2019s academy, previously impressed in England before moving abroad, and Unai Emery sees him as a key piece in strengthening Villa\u2019s attacking depth ahead of a demanding domestic and European campaign. His pace, physicality, and goal-scoring instincts are expected to add a new dimension to Villa\u2019s forward line.<\/p>\n<p>In a parallel move, Aston Villa have also decided to recall winger Leon Bailey from his loan stint at Roma. The Jamaican international endured a frustrating spell in Italy, where limited game time hampered his momentum. The recall has been sanctioned directly by manager Unai Emery, who believes Bailey can play an important role at Villa Park this season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Villa are stepping up their summer plans with a major attacking reshuffle, as the club has reached an agreement on\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":202,"featured_media":37451,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[4536,1288,3918,1823,3796,4574,4425,4573,4572,4404,701],"class_list":["post-16943","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football","tag-abraham","tag-aston-villa","tag-english-premier-league","tag-fabrizio-romano","tag-football","tag-january-ka-hai","tag-january-transfer","tag-tammy","tag-tammy-abraha","tag-transfers-football","tag-unai-emery"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16943","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/202"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16943"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16943\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37451"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16943"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16943"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16943"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}