Aston Villa confirm £19m signing of forward Bertrand Traore from Lyon

Aston Villa have confirmed the £19million signing of Lyon forward Bertrand Traore.

The 25-year-old has signed a three-year contract at Villa Park and is the club’s fourth major arrival of the summer to take their total spend to £84m.

Dean Smith said: ‘We’re delighted that Bertrand has chosen to come to Villa. He’s a player with immense talent who will really enhance our attacking options.’

Aston Villa have signed Traore from Lyon for £19million as their summer spending continues

Traore is Villa’s fourth major arrival of the summer window with £84m spent so far

Traore scored four goals and contributed five assists in 35 games for Lyon last season 

Villa haven’t held back with their spending in an effort to re-establish themselves as a Premier League club following their promotion in 2019.  

Traore played 35 matches last season, mainly on the right wing, and scored four goals, adding five assists. 

Traore, a Burkina Faso international, started his career in Chelsea’s academy and played 16 times for their first team in 2015-16.

That followed two seasons on loan with partner club Vitesse Arnhem while he also spent the 2016-17 campaign in Holland with Ajax.

Chelsea sold Traore to Lyon for £8.8m in the summer of 2017 and the forward has gone on to score 33 goals in 125 matches for the French club.

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