Following Aston Villa, Unai Emery and Real Union forming a partnership, the Spanish outfit are now interested in bringing youngsters in from B6.
Since taking over at Aston Villa, NSWE have been looking to expand their network of football clubs across the world.
This has seen partnerships formed with Vitoria, ZED FC and even Vissel Kobe, a giant of Japanese football in recent years.
The move which caught the eye more than the others potentially was the partnership being formed with Real Union. This is mainly due to Unai Emery and his brother having ownership shares in the Spanish third division side.
With all of these partnership deals, there has been a feeling of radio silence surrounding them since being announced. Although now it seems that the Spaniards want to take advantage of the partnership by bringing in some youngsters.
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It has always been something that Villa fans have questioned when discussing these partnerships. How will they benefit either side? Now it appears there is an answer to this question.
In a report by SPORT, they have suggested that: “the Irún team will soon take advantage of this relationship with the arrival of reinforcements from England.”
This season Union are sitting in 13th, according to FotMob, and as a result, some additional quality could be useful.
On this SPORT added: “The first of them aims to be Josh Feeney, central defender of the Aston Villa Under 21. Real Unión sources confirmed to Diario SPORT that the Englishman was in the box during the Basques’ 1-2 defeat against Arenteiro.
“Adding that he was not It was the first time he visited the team that currently plays in Primera RFEF. Real Unión is looking for from Aston Villa, also pointing to the arrival of three more players, a leap only possible due to the sporting relationship of the Emery between both clubs.”
It is unclear as to who could be making a move to Spain from the Villa academy. This does point towards a loan move for Feeney who is highly rated at the club.
Although he is yet to make a senior appearance for the club, he had always looked like a tidy player in friendlies especially.
It is great to see that the Villans and other members of the network are communicating efficiently. This kind of move is there to benefit all parties and will likely bring the best out of the Villa youngsters in time.
