BIRMINGHAM, England (AP) — Spain defender Pau Torres is linking up again with Unai Emery, this time in England with Aston Villa.
Torres, a 26-year-old left-sided center back, played under Emery at Villarreal, the player’s hometown club where he has been in the senior team since 2017. Together, they won the Europa League in 2021 and reached the Champions League semifinals a year later.
Torres moves for a reported initial fee of 32.5 million euros ($36 million) and is joining a team that will be playing in the Europa Conference League in the upcoming season.
Russia midfielder Daler Kuzyaev has signed a two-year deal with French club Le Havre. The newly-promoted club from the port city in the Normandy region says Kuzyaev will join his new teammates in the coming days.
United States forward Christian Pulisic has arrived in Italy for a medical test with AC Milan before an expected transfer from Chelsea.
The Women’s World Cup will be played with new programs in place to help protect players and other participants.
The oldest professional soccer player has decided he’s not old enough to call it quits just yet. Striker Kazuyoshi Miura is 56.
The arrival of Torres, who has played 23 times for Spain, raises questions about the future of Villa captain Tyrone Mings, an England international who currently is the left-sided central defender under Emery.
___
More AP soccer: https://apnews.com/hub/soccer and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports
#Pau #Torres #joins #Aston #Villa #Villarreal #links #coach #Unai #Emery