Aston Villa move for Brazil midfielder Joao Gomes after Amadou Onana suffered a serious knee injury at the World Cup.

Aston Villa have completed the £38m signing of midfielder Joao Gomes from Wolves. Villa completed a club record deal worth more than £50m for Freiburg midfielder Johan Manzambi on Friday, beating Newcastle to the Switzerland international. Atletico Madrid had also been keen on Gomes, but the 25-year-old left Wolves' training camp in Portugal on Thursday to have a medical and finalise his move to Villa Park. Villa midfielder Amadou Onana is out until next year after suffering a serious knee injury with Belgium at the World Cup. Villa have also sold Youri Tielemans to Manchester United for £35m, while fellow midfielder Morgan Rogers is set to leave after a £117m deal was agreed with Chelsea. Gomes made 41 appearances for Wolves last season and was named Player of the Year as they finished bottom of the Premier League. He played 130 times for the club, scoring seven goals, after joining from Flamengo in 2023. Wolves technical director Matt Jackson said: "Joao deserves everything he gets from the game. He's a model professional, a lovely young man and a great family man.