Aston Villa sign Dendoncker from Wolves - Summer spending surpasses €70m mark
Aston Villa have completed a move for Wolves defensive midfielder Leander Dendoncker before the transfer window draws to a close. With one year remaining on his contract at the Premier League side, Dendoncker, who has a market value of €28 million, only costs a reported fee of €15m.
The move, which could prove to be Aston Villa’s final piece of business in the transfer window, takes the club’s summer spending up to €70m, following the arrival of Diego Carlos and Robin Olsen, as well as Philippe Coutinho’s loan move being made permanent. Contrastingly, the move takes Wolves’ income from summer sales up to €55m for the current transfer window, having spent an impressive €136m on new signings.
Dendoncker initially made the move to the Premier League in 2019, joining the club from Anderlecht for a fee of €13.8m. In that time, the midfielder made over 150 appearances for Wolves, bagging 12 goals and four assists along the way. In that period Dendoncker’s value shot up from €15m to a career high of €32m, before settling back down to where it is now at €28m.
With Newcastle United - Transfer spending in the summer of 2022
- Date of birth/Age:
- Apr 15, 1995 (29)
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- Current club:
- SSC Napoli
- Contract until:
- Jun 30, 2024
- Position:
- Defensive Midfield
- Market Value:
- €9.00m
- Total Market Value:
- €339.90m
- Competition:
- Premier League
- Position:
- 11.
- Manager:
- Gary O'Neil
- Squad size:
- 24
- Latest Transfer:
- Noha Lemina
- Total Market Value:
- €646.20m
- Competition:
- Premier League
- Position:
- 4.
- Manager:
- Unai Emery
- Squad size:
- 27
- Latest Transfer:
- Joe Gauci
