When Aston Villa could announce Johan Manzambi amid medical latest

Aston Villa are edging closer to completing a deal for Johan Manzambi.

It's a period of change for the Villans as the summer window looks set to get up and running.

Youri Tielemans has already departed for Manchester United as his surprise £35million release clause was activated.

No time is being wasted in finding midfield over in the shape of the Switzerland international.

After an excellent season with Freiburg and a breakout World Cup, he is now preparing for a Villa Park switch.

Manzambi looks set to become an Aston Villa player as we assess when he could complete his move.

When is Johan Manzambi's Aston Villa medical?

It came out of the blue when the Villans jumped the queue to sign the 20-year-old.

Newcastle United looked likely to win the race after agreeing a deal with Freiburg previously.

The 2005-born talent has since shown a preference to the Villans and even told Emi Martinez that he was joining after their World Cup quarter-final meeting.

A £60million package deal is now in the pipeline, but fans have started to grow in concern over the lack of a development, but that has now changed.

Manzambi's imminent move to B6 is now accelerating as Florian Plettenberg reported on Wednesday that a deal has been sealed and his medical is scheduled for Thursday.

That could see the deal be announced at Villa Park as early as Thursday or Friday, if not fans could be forced to wait for the weekend to see the Swiss star in claret and blue.

Details of the move could soon be confirmed by Villa in a record swoop for the Midlands outfit.

What squad number could Manzambi take at Aston Villa?

There is an obvious shirt number that the midfielder would want to wear moving forward.

He wears 44 for Freiburg and will likely want to keep hold of that.

The eagled eyed may notice that Boubacar Kamara holds those digits, but that has now changed.

With the departure of Tielemans, the Frenchman has taken the number eight, which he will wear for the first time in his senior career.

That gives Manzambi the perfect opportunity to pick the number 44 and wear it for the fourth consecutive campaign.