Aston Villa re-sign England Under-21 winger Jaden Philogene from Hull less than 12 months after selling him to the Tigers.
Aston Villa have re-signed England Under-21 winger Jaden Philogene from Hull City less than 12 months after selling him to the Tigers.
He has signed a five-year contract after Villa matched Ipswich Town's £18m offer for the 22-year-old. Hull will receive about £13.5m of the fee because Villa had a 30% sell-on clause in the agreement that took him to the Tigers last September. The Tractor Boys looked poised to recruit Philogene but as part of the deal that saw him join Hull, Villa were able to match any offer for the forward.He had initially been left at home by the Tigers at the start of last week but eventually flew out to briefly join his team-mates.Philogene made six appearances - but just one start - for Villa after coming through the club's academy and had loans spells at Stoke City and Cardiff City.
Everton also wanted the winger while Crystal Palace were interested but decided a deal was too expensive.The signing of Philogene and the expected transfer of Onana will take Villa's spending this summer to about £140m.have joined from Juventus, Ross Barkley has made a £5m move from Luton Town and winger Lewis Dobbin joined from Everton for £9m.
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