{"id":19825,"date":"2022-06-01T18:00:37","date_gmt":"2022-06-01T22:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/06\/01\/aston-villa-confirm-third-summer-signing-under-steven-gerrard\/"},"modified":"2022-06-01T18:00:37","modified_gmt":"2022-06-01T22:00:37","slug":"aston-villa-confirm-third-summer-signing-under-steven-gerrard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/06\/01\/aston-villa-confirm-third-summer-signing-under-steven-gerrard\/","title":{"rendered":"Aston Villa confirm third summer signing under Steven Gerrard"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Aston Villa have confirmed that Sevilla defender Diego Carlos has become their third summer signing as Steven Gerrard continues to try and build a squad capable of competing for European football next season.<\/p>\n<p>Following a disappointing campaign, which saw European aspirations end in mid-table mediocrity at Villa Park as well as a change in manager, the Villians have begun their season in serious fashion.<\/p>\n<p>They had already confirmed their decision to make Philippe Coutinho\u2019s loan move from Barcelona permanent, for a fee of around 20 million euros, while they also added highly-rated French midfielder Boubacar Kamara to their squad on a free the day after the end of the Premier League season.<\/p>\n<p>Now, they have confirmed the addition of Brazil and Sevilla defender Diego Carlos, with the 29-year-old bringing a wealth of European and domestic experience from his 3 campaigns with the Spanish side.<\/p>\n<p>The deal sees him pen a four-year contract at Villa Park, while his signing will set Villa back around \u00a330m, according to reports.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Aston Villa is delighted to confirm the transfer of Diego Carlos from Sevilla FC for an undisclosed fee! \u2705<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Aston Villa (@AVFCOfficial) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AVFCOfficial\/status\/1532067093260259329?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 1, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Carlos\u2019 promise<\/h2>\n<p>Speaking to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.avfc.co.uk\/news\/2022\/june\/01\/diego-carlos-announcement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the Aston Villa website,<\/a> Diego Carlos revealed his dream to play in the Premier League, and promised to give 100% for his new club.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I am really happy because the Premier League is one of the best competitions\u2019, he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I always want to do the best for the club and the shirt I\u2019m wearing.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Even now I can\u2019t believe I\u2019m here because it\u2019s a dream to compete in the Premier League,\u201d he added. \u201cAnd now I have a very clear opportunity, I hope to give it 100% my best, and to be able to play to the best of my ability.\u2019<\/p>\n<h3>Read more:<\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/news\/exclusive-diogo-dalot-set-to-stay-at-manchester-united-this-summer-agent-claims\/\" rel=\"v:url\">Exclusive: Diogo Dalot set to stay at Manchester United this summer, agent claims<\/a><\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/news\/referee-john-moss-receives-death-threats-following-championship-play-off-final-officiating\/\" rel=\"v:url\">Referee John Moss receives death threats following Championship play-off final officiating<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aston Villa have confirmed that Sevilla defender Diego Carlos has become their third summer signing as Steven Gerrard continues to try and build a squad capable of competing for European football next season. Following a disappointing campaign, which saw European aspirations end in mid-table mediocrity at Villa Park as well as a change in manager, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12,7],"tags":[13,14],"class_list":["post-19825","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-football","category-sport","tag-football","tag-soccer","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19825","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19825"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19825\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19825"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19825"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19825"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}