The Emery family is rooted in a Basque club that has fallen on hard times - The Athletic has been to see their rebuilding work

Aston Villa boss Unai Emery is urging the club to go all out to sign Marco Asensio on a permanent basis from Paris Saint-Germain.

There are plenty of key players missing for Brighton which makes their recent resurgence even more impressive. The Seagulls will start Joao Pedro up top with Kaoru Mitoma and Yankuba Minteh likely to start out wide. An injury to Georginio Rutter could mean Danny Welbeck keeps his spot with Pedro playing just behind him.

Prior to Elanga's heroics against Man United, the scintillating Swede also capped off a mesmerising 2-1 fightback victory for Forest against Villa in December, putting the Garibaldi within 90 minutes of their first-ever Premier League double over the Champions League quarter-finalists.

According to reports, Aston Villa are now prepared to grant Unai Emery's wish to sign an impressive defensive addition this summer.

Aston Villa’s season has been nothing short of remarkable. Unai Emery has taken them from European hopefuls to genuine contenders for silverware on two fronts. As they prepare to face Preston North

Aston Villa will be looking to avoid a cupset when they go into the weekend potentially 90 minutes away from another trip to Wembley Stadium as Unai Emery's side face Championship team Preston North E

Malen joined Villa from Borussia Dortmund in a deal worth around £20m in January but was left out of Emery’s Champions League squad for the knockout stages following the loan arrivals of Marcus Rashford, Marco Asensio, and Axel Disasi.