Aston Villa have signed Liverpool midfielder Harvey Elliott and Manchester United forward Jadon Sancho on loan deals, with Elliott’s move including an obligation to buy.
The package for Elliott, 22, will cost £35m, including sell-on and buy-back clauses.
Villa beat off competition from RB Leipzig for Elliott’s signature, while the midfielder rejected interest from West Ham and Fulham earlier in the summer.
Liverpool viewed the inclusion of a buy-back clause as essential given the England Under-21 international’s potential, and that regular first-team football will aid his development.
Sancho, 25, had turned down a move to Roma earlier in the window, while there was also interest from another Italian side Juventus.
Villa are guaranteed to pay 80% of Sancho’s over £200k-a-week wages, while the loan fee and easily achievable bonuses mean Manchester United expect to get full wage coverage overall.
Earlier on transfer deadline day, Villa signed former United defender Victor Lindelof on a two-year deal, with the Swede available on a free transfer.
Sancho has spent the past 18 months on loan at Borussia Dortmund and Chelsea but neither club made the deal permanent, with the Stamford Bridge side paying a £5m penalty for reneging on an obligation to sign him.
His United contract expires next summer, but Ruben Amorim’s side have an option to extend it to avoid him leaving for nothing.
Sancho joined United from Dortmund for £73m four years ago, but has not played for them since the Community Shield in August 2024.
