Aston Villa are close to reaching an agreement with the Spanish outfit Real Union over a potential partnership.
The Birmingham club have partnered with clubs around the World before such as Vitoria Sport Clube, ZED FC and Vissel Kobe; however, the purpose of this partnership has not yet been disclosed.
Villa are preparing to finalise the agreement with Real Union – a club that Unai Emery has a majority stake in – soon as the Premier League club can make the deal happen now that the Spanish outfit are not in partnership with Real Sociedad anymore.
The agreement is understood to not bring Union under the group of clubs controlled by V Sports. Instead, it would be a “sporting collaboration” which would bring “economic endowment” for the club.
This explains why Aston Villa were one of the clubs that voted for a temporary ban on loan deals between associated clubs for the January transfer window as it doesn’t really affect them.
