Chelsea emerge as favourites to sign Aston Villa skipper

Chelsea are purportedly the favourites to sign Aston Villa skipper Jack Grealish this summer.

The England international, who is right now with the England squad at Euro 2020, delighted in an amazing 2020-21 season for Villa, scoring 7 times and contributing 12 assists in 27 outings in all competitions.

The 25-year-old actually has over four years left to run on his present contract at Villa Park, however talk of a summer exit has surfaced once again, with Manchester City and Manchester United again being credited with an interest.

As per Fichajes, however, Chelsea have now emerges as the top favourites to sign the playmaker during this current summer’s transfer window.

Grealish battled with a shin injury in the last phases of last season however got back to feature in Villa’s last four Premier League matches against Everton, Crystal Palace, Tottenham Hotspur and Chelsea.

The 25-year-old attacker also started both of England’s pre-Euro 2020 friendlies against Austria and Romania however was an unused substitute for the 1-0 win over Croatia in the team’s competition opener on Sunday evening.