Aston Villa: Fans react to Rico Henry interest
Many Aston Villa fans have reacted to a transfer report linking Dean Smith with a potential bid for Brentford defender Rico Henry.
Born in Birmingham, Henry developed through Walsall’s academy setup before making a number of appearances for them at first team level which saw him attract the interest of Brentford.
Moving to Griffin Park in 2016, the England youth international is a favourite of Smith’s, with the pair working together at Walsall before his switch to the Bees.
Performing well for the Championship side, who almost gained promotion to the Premier League last term, Henry is now being linked with a potential third spell under Smith.
Villa, who narrowly avoided relegation last season, have been busy bolstering their squad options this summer, bringing in Matty Cash from Nottingham Forest and Ollie Watkins from Brentford.
Aston Villa are tracking Rico Henry as Dean Smith weighs up whether to make a late bid. [@dwright75] #avfc
— villareport (@villareport) September 16, 2020
The latter signing could open up negotiations between Villa and the Championship side for a deal for Henry and The Sun’s Duncan Wright has now added weight to the rumour, claiming Smith wants to submit a late bid before the transfer window closes on October 16.
Reacting to Wright’s tweet which was shared by Villa’s fan account @villareport on Twitter, fans issued responses like the below…
Would be a quality addition!
— David (@1992DavidC) September 16, 2020
Decent. But, Brentford have said they won sell him.
— SemiForEmi 😍 (@RHAVFC) September 16, 2020
Yes, Targett needs cover and I don’t trust Taylor, sorry
— Dan langford (@Danlangford6) September 16, 2020
Need him, Rashica and a CM imo
— Joe {UTV} (@JoeSimkin) September 16, 2020
Proven striker please…at this rate Smith might as well go back to Brentford 🙄🙄 Another season of not taking the club forward!!!!!
— Tink McGinn (@mcginn_tink) September 16, 2020
Good player, but I think we need to ship out a few (Nyland, Kalinic, Taylor, Lansbury, El Ghazi, Samatta) before buying even more players.
— Will Monk (@keese09) September 16, 2020
We are just trying to fund their whole stadium aren’t we
— Jaden Wasp (@Jaden_Wasp) September 16, 2020
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