Aston Villa have confirmed winger Leon Bailey has joined Roma on a season-long loan deal with an option to buy. Bailey joined Villa in the summer of 2021 from Bayer Leverkusen and has made a total of 144 appearances, scoring 22 goals.

Roma are looking to the Premier League again for a full-back and have reportedly asked Liverpool to take Konstantinos Tsimikas on loan. The Giallorossi have already been very active on the transfer market and worked heavily with English clubs this summer,

Bailey, who is set to be officially unveiled as a Roma player today, arrived in the Italian capital on Tuesday to much fanfare before completing his medical ahead of his season-long loan from English Premier League club Aston Villa. Roma has an option to make the move permanent for £18.9 million after agreeing a £1.7-million loan fee with Villa.

Leon Bailey has been greeted by enthusiastic Roma fans as he arrived to complete his transfer from Aston Villa.Multiple sources confirm this is a loan for €2-3m with option to buy at the end of the