{"id":1351,"date":"2026-08-16T13:46:39","date_gmt":"2026-08-16T13:46:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/footballars.xyz\/?p=1351"},"modified":"2026-08-16T13:46:39","modified_gmt":"2026-08-16T13:46:39","slug":"aston-villa-transfer-news-zion-suzuki-lined-up-as-juventus-linked-emiliano-martinez-replacement-after-29-9m-deal-agreed-with-parma-football-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/footballars.xyz\/?p=1351","title":{"rendered":"Aston Villa transfer news: Zion Suzuki lined up as Juventus-linked Emiliano Martinez replacement after \u00a329.9m deal agreed with Parma | Football News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-component-name=\"ui-article-body\" data-testid=\"article-body\" data-highlight-intro=\"true\">\n<p>Aston Villa have agreed a \u00a329.9m (\u20ac35m) deal with Parma to sign Japan goalkeeper Zion Suzuki, according to Sky in Italy.<\/p>\n<p><!--ScriptorStartFragment-->The agreement comes on the same day <strong>Juventus <\/strong>submitted an \u00a38.5m (\u20ac10m) bid for current Villa No 1 <strong>Emiliano Martinez<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>While the bid is below Villa&#8217;s valuation for the Argentina international, negotiations are understood to be continuing with the Italian club.<\/p>\n<p>Suzuki has been at the heart of a transfer merry-go-round, having been heavily linked with a move to European champions<strong> Paris Saint-Germain<\/strong>; however, the proposed move hit a snag and gave Villa fresh encouragement to move for the Japan World Cup star.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sdc-article-widget sdc-article-image\" data-testid=\"article-image\">\n<figure class=\"sdc-article-image__figure\">\n<div class=\"sdc-article-image__wrapper\" data-aspect-ratio=\"16\/9\">\n          <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sdc-article-image__item\" loading=\"lazy\" intrinsicsize=\"768x432\" src=\"https:\/\/e0.365dm.com\/26\/08\/768x432\/skysports-zion-suzuki-aston-villa_7323133.jpg?20260816120445\" srcset=\"https:\/\/e0.365dm.com\/26\/08\/384x216\/skysports-zion-suzuki-aston-villa_7323133.jpg?20260816120445 380w, https:\/\/e0.365dm.com\/26\/08\/768x432\/skysports-zion-suzuki-aston-villa_7323133.jpg?20260816120445 760w, https:\/\/e0.365dm.com\/26\/08\/1600x900\/skysports-zion-suzuki-aston-villa_7323133.jpg?20260816120445 1024w, https:\/\/e0.365dm.com\/26\/08\/2048x1152\/skysports-zion-suzuki-aston-villa_7323133.jpg?20260816120445 2048w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1024px) 1024px, 100vw\" alt=\"Aston Villa have reached an agreement with Parma to sign goalkeeper Zion Suzuki\" data-testid=\"article-image-image\"\/>\n    <\/div><figcaption class=\"ui-media-caption\" data-testid=\"article-image-caption\">\n        <span class=\"u-hide-visually\">Image:<\/span><br \/>\n        <span class=\"ui-media-caption__caption-text\" data-testid=\"article-image-caption-text\">Aston Villa have reached an agreement with Parma to sign goalkeeper Zion Suzuki<br \/>\n        <\/span><br \/>\n      <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Juventus have been very interested in signing<strong> <\/strong>Martinez since the start of the window but were also hoping to sign Suzuki on loan from PSG had that deal had gone through.<\/p>\n<p>The goalkeeper, who turns 24 this month, joined Parma from Urawa Red Diamonds in 2024 after a loan spell in Belgium and has made 57 Serie A appearances over the past two seasons.<\/p>\n<p>No 1 for his country, he started all four of Japan&#8217;s matches at this summer&#8217;s World Cup, where they were knocked out by Brazil in the round of 32.<\/p>\n<p>Suzuki was born in Newark, New Jersey, to a Ghanaian father and Japanese mother before growing up in Japan.<\/p>\n<p><strong>In<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.skysports.com\/football\/news\/11677\/13564492\/johan-manzambi-aston-villa-sign-newcastle-target-from-freiburg-in-club-record-lb59-5m-deal\">Johan Manzambi<\/a> &#8211; Freiburg, \u00a359.5m<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.skysports.com\/football\/news\/11677\/13564311\/joao-gomes-aston-villa-sign-midfielder-from-wolves-in-lb38m-deal\">Joao Gomes<\/a> &#8211; Wolves, \u00a338m<\/p>\n<p>Modou Keba Cissa &#8211; LASK, undisclosed<\/p>\n<p>Blade Earley &#8211; Cambridge, free<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.skysports.com\/football\/news\/11095\/13566112\/alejandro-garnacho-transfer-news-aston-villa-sign-chelsea-winger-on-initial-loan-deal-with-conditional-obligation-to-buy\">Alejandro Garnacho<\/a> &#8211; Chelsea, loan<\/p>\n<p><strong>Out<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.skysports.com\/football\/news\/11095\/13564944\/morgan-rogers-transfer-news-chelsea-complete-record-breaking-lb117m-deal-to-sign-forward-from-aston-villa\">Morgan Rogers<\/a> &#8211; Chelsea, \u00a3117m<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.skysports.com\/football\/news\/11667\/13563132\/youri-tielemans-transfer-news-manchester-united-xxxx\">Youri Tielemans<\/a> &#8211; Man Utd, \u00a335m<\/p>\n<p>Donyell Malen &#8211; Roma, \u00a321.6m<\/p>\n<p>Lewis Dobbin &#8211; Southampton, \u00a310m<\/p>\n<p>Enzo Barrenechea &#8211; Benfica, \u00a310m<\/p>\n<p>Lucas Digne &#8211; Paris Saint-Germain, \u00a38.5m<\/p>\n<p>Louie Barry &#8211; Sheffield Wednesday, undisclosed<\/p>\n<p>Yeimar Mosquera &#8211; Vitoria SC, undisclosed<\/p>\n<p>Sil Swinkels &#8211; Sheffield Wednesday, undisclosed<\/p>\n<p>Thierry Katsukunya &#8211; Cardiff, free<\/p>\n<p>Ronnie Hollingshead &#8211; King&#8217;s Lynn, free<\/p>\n<p>Ewan Simpson &#8211; Airdrieonians, free<\/p>\n<p>Junior Wilson &#8211; Birmingham, free<\/p>\n<p>Evann Guessand &#8211; Crystal Palace, loan<\/p>\n<p>Sam Proctor &#8211; Shrewsbury, loan<\/p>\n<p>Joe Gauci &#8211; Lincoln, loan<\/p>\n<p>Andres Garcia &#8211; Getafe, loan<\/p>\n<p>Zepiqueno Redmond &#8211; Annecy, loan<\/p>\n<p>Kadan Young &#8211; Annecy, loan<\/p>\n<p>Oliwier Zych &#8211; Vitoria SC, loan<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.skysports.com\/football\/news\/11095\/13573666\/aston-villa-transfer-news-zion-suzuki-lined-up-as-juventus-linked-emiliano-martinez-replacement-after-lb29-9m-deal-agreed-with-parma\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aston Villa have agreed a \u00a329.9m (\u20ac35m) deal with Parma to sign Japan goalkeeper Zion&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1352,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1351","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/footballars.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1351","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/footballars.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/footballars.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/footballars.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/footballars.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1351"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/footballars.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1351\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/footballars.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1352"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/footballars.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1351"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/footballars.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1351"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/footballars.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1351"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}