Hull City winger Jaden Philogene is now reportedly set to rejoin his former club Aston Villa.

The Blues had agreed a joint-deal for Philogene and teammate Jacob Greaves with the Philogene side of the deal understood to be worth £18 million of an overall initial fee of £35-£40 million with the players understood to have accepted personal terms at Portman Road.

Villa, who sold the England U21 international to the Tigers last summer, had 72 hours in which to exercise matching rights, which they did on Wednesday.

And now, according to The Mirror and other sources, Villa boss Unai Emery has given the green light to complete a move for the 22-year-old.

The fee is understood to be £13 million with Villa having had a 30 per cent sell-on from the deal done last summer. The player is set to sign a five-year contract.

Philogene is currently with Hull at a training camp in Türkiye but is expected at Villa’s Bodymoor Heath training centre next week.

Town are close to announcing the additions of Greaves, in a £15 million plus £3 million in add-ons deal, and Manchester City striker Liam Delap, whose initial fee is also understood to be £15 million plus a further £5 million.

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ScottCandage added 15:54 - Jul 12 Oh well. Next!
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Paddy39 added 15:55 - Jul 12 Enjoy warming their bench.
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Bluefish11 added 15:55 - Jul 12 Is Philogene that much better than Sarmiento. I'd be more than happy for him to return, God knows why he'd want to go to Aberdeen?? Make Ipswich your new home Jeremy - it's a hell of a lot warmer than Aberdeen - in fact it is going to be the hottest place to be this season! As for Philogene's agent, I just got some parasite spray from the garden centre this morning.

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Europablue added 15:55 - Jul 12 I don't care either way, just get this deal done!
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ellaandred added 15:55 - Jul 12 Good !
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Europablue added 15:57 - Jul 12 Hull will be asking Villa which of their academy prospects they can buy and sell back to them a year later for a huge mark up. Buy back clauses should also be banned. If you want the player loan him out, if not sell him.
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Bluemike31 added 15:57 - Jul 12 Should have pulled out days ago when it was bloody obvious. Now move on ffs
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Vancouver_Blue added 15:57 - Jul 12 I assume the lure of European football is greater than having regular playing minutes
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Vancouver_Blue added 15:57 - Jul 12 I assume the lure of European football is greater than having regular playing minutes
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Vancouver_Blue added 15:57 - Jul 12 I assume the lure of European football is greater than having regular playing minutes
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PositivelyPortman added 15:58 - Jul 12 He can sling his hook. Benchwarmer
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baxterbasics added 15:59 - Jul 12 Naff off Villa. Hope we spank them now.
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John_Grose added 15:59 - Jul 12 Shame he is turning down first team football but if he doesn't want to be here move along. Lets get the Greaves deal done, get Delap finalised and then get a new CM and GK and we are in a good place.
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bjkirk12 added 16:00 - Jul 12 Jonathan David's fee is close to Philogene's. Blues should look at nipping Chelsea for him.
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Kentish_Tractor added 16:01 - Jul 12 Appears he has made his bed. Now let's let him lie in it and move on. No point crying over spilt milk - we only want players who want to be here.
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naa added 16:01 - Jul 12 That sell on/buy back clause seemed borderline illegal the way Villa could use it to up the selling price if they wanted and then get a share of the sale. Shame if this doesn;'t happen, but got to say that's terrible business for Villa as they essentially sent someone out on loan to get experience but paid £8m to do so (£18m - £5m they sold him for plus £5 sell on fee they don't have to pay)

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Cookycrew added 16:03 - Jul 12 This Agent appears to be a complete idiot/Parasite...."who can I make most money from"? Good luck looking for a new club next year, so that another signing on fee can be negotiated by your Parasite. Move on to someone who wants to play football for us
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tractorboybig added 16:04 - Jul 12 kick him into touch and move on, you never miss what you've never had
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itfc2024 added 16:05 - Jul 12 Thank got this saga is almost over hes goong back to villa for money cos he wont play much lets get someone who wanna play for the club cos this guy doesn't Lets go to Sunderland and sign Jack clarke i think hes a better player anyway
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reyes added 16:05 - Jul 12 Good. We move on.
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Steve_ITFC_Sweden added 16:05 - Jul 12 Can't win 'em all, and it looks as if we have lost this one, which is a pity. But hopefully, there is a Plan B. Our other three signings (or soon to be so), Greaves, Johnson, and Delap look good business. Probably more to come that we haven't heard about, so let's not be negative.
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AbujaBlue added 16:07 - Jul 12 This news has riled me up more than it should. Welcome to the cutthroat world of PL transfers I guess, and of now being a small fish in a big pond. Oh well - we still have money to spend and can cast our net far and wide.
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cressi added 16:07 - Jul 12 Greaves the far more important signing in my view. Still think we need a experienced striker also feel for the money we was prepared to pay for JP getting a wide player in won't be a major issue they have probably already moved on to him.
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victorysquad added 16:10 - Jul 12 Does not make any sense if he is really after regular football
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ImAbeliever added 16:12 - Jul 12 Good.
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