Trio of signings
With the transfer window now officially closed, this has probably been the busiest transfer windows in Aston Villa's history buying players such as Leon Osman and Alexander Buttner just to name a few however the biggest signings have to be Darren fletcher for £17 million,Eduardo Salvio for £21 million and Samir Nasri for a huge fee of £35.5 million, smashing their previous transfer record of £20 million.
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Despite late interest Manchester United, Aston Villa wrapped up their first major move of the transfer window back in July for a reported fee of £35.5 million following the arrival of new Chairman Emile Heskey .
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The other major signing for the villains was Darren Fletcher for a fee of £17 million. The 29 year old made 10 appearances for Manchester United last season scoring just 1 goal. at his latest press conference Darren fletcher said that he was grateful for everything that the club gave to him but he felt that it was time for a new challenge in his career. He also said that "I am excited to be joining a club like Aston Villa and i will do everything i can to take the club to the next level".
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Following the sale of Gabby Agbonlahor to Stoke, Aston Villa were quick to react as they captured Eduardo Salvio from SLB on deadline day for a reported £21 million despite late interest from West Ham who claimed that "they weren't prepared to pay the player such high wages". In 2012 SLB and Atletico agreed on Salvio to join the Portuguese giants on a 5 year contract making 53 appearances, scoring 10 goals and making 13 assists.
