Villa sign Harvey Elliott on a loan-to-buy deal

Villa have signed Victor Lindelöf 🇸🇪 as an unattached player.

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🟥 30 Aug 2025 Chelsea 6-1 Villa

Villa' u18s make it successive away wins following up their opening day u18 Premier League victory with a win in the u18 Premier League Cup thanks to two quick-fire first-half goals from Markie Meade and Woody Burgess as new boss Richard Beale makes a strong start to the season.

Sil Swinkels 🇳🇱 makes it four successive starts for Exeter but suffers a serious injury on 42 minutes and looks likely to be on the sidelines for an extended period. 🕒 4 | ✅ 4 | 🔁 0 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺 1 |

Villa u21 attacking midfielder Ewan Simpson has joined Scottish League One side Hamilton Academical on loan for the 2025-26 season.

Aston Villa Women have signed Maya Hijikata

Lewis Dobbin August 2025: Aged 22, Loaned to Championship side Preston North End 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 for the 2025-26 season.

Álex Moreno has left Villa after spending the 2024-25 season on loan at Nottingham Forest.

A curious player, a curious fellow, more out of form than in across his four seasons with Villa, Bailey always had the capacity but rarely the application to be a game-changer.

Dendoncker leaves for an undisclosed fee to Real Oviedo 🇪🇸

Morgan Rogers has been crowned 2024/25 PFA Young Player of the Year.

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Jacob Ramsey, JJ, affectionately known as 'Baby' leaves Villa and a huge hole in the dressing room.

🟩 16 Aug 2025 Brighton 0-2 Villa Goals from Alfie Lynskey (56') and Vinnie Hayward (67') set the reigning champions up for an opening day away win despite the 90th-minute sending off of Jack McGrath.

Kerr Smith has made his second loan move away from the club following his injury-curtailed spell at St Johnstone 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 in 2024.

Villa have raided the Albion youth coffers once again, this time to bring goalkeeper Ronnie Hollingshead to the club.

Richard Beale has been re-appointed u18s Head Coach after Jimmy Shan's promotion to the u21s.

Joe Gauci makes his second loan move away from Villa by joining Port Vale for the 2025-26 season. Gauci, who has made two Cup appearances for the first team, spent time on loan at Barnsley in 2024-25 making seven appearances, conceding nine and keeping two clean sheets.