'Jurgen Klopp and Arsene Wenger rated me highly - I could finally return to UK for £17m' Former Arsenal youth star Donyell Malen could be on his way to Aston Villa after Unai Emery made the in-demand forward his top priority in the January transfer window.
Despite the hype, Malen failed to make a single senior appearance under Wenger despite turning in several impressive performances across Arsenal's youth system.
Villa's hierarchy has identified Malen as a way to bolster their attack and provide Emery with more ammunition ahead of a big second half of the season, domestically and in the Champions League.
Malen was once tipped to be better than Gunners' star Bukayo Saka after he signed for Arsenal at age 17 in 2015 from his boyhood team Ajax.
Emery's side have struggled to find consistency in the first half of the campaign and adding another attacking option to his squad has been the club's president and director of football operations, Monchi and Damian Vidagany's, prime concern this month.
