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Johan Manzambi has completed a move to Aston Villa from SC Freiburg. The story was first reported on 12 July and is backed by 14 reports, including 9 from tier-1 sources, led by @FabrizioRomano. A reported fee of £50m is on the table.
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A weighted read of source quality, corroboration, deal stage and freshness — built from the reports below.
Signal strength reflects reporting reliability — not the probability of the deal happening.
Aston Villa confirm Johan Manzambi has joined from Freiburg. Club-record signing, surpassing the £50m Villa paid for Amadou Onana.🇨🇭 🗣️ Manzambi: “It’s a very big club in England and they are playing in the #UCL.” https://t.co/rbJZXmc6dm
🟣🔵🇨🇭 Official, confirmed. Johan Manzambi signs in as Aston Villa new player from SC Freiburg for fee slightly over €60m. https://t.co/AWDxpvOq03
Johan Manzambi set for his Aston Villa medical on Thursday ahead of a £52m move from Freiburg.🩺 https://t.co/WKkW1f4hro
🚨🟣🔵 Aston Villa have booked medical for Johan Manzambi on Thursday. 🩺 Documents already exchanged between clubs with Freiburg. https://t.co/KOOpkqvG4I
🚨🩺 All done and sealed between the clubs. Johan Manzambi’s medical with Aston Villa is scheduled for Thursday.
Agreement in principle now in place between Aston Villa and Freiburg for Johan Manzambi for around £52m. Manzambi already agreed to the move.🇨🇭
🚨💣 BREAKING: Manchester United are closing in on Youri Tielemans deal from Aston Villa! Deal at very advanced stages, as @David_Ornstein @TheAthleticFC report. Villa accelerated on Johan Manzambi as Tielemans is expected to join #MUFC. 🔜 https://t.co/kPln6jYrsS
🚨🟣🔵 Johan Manzambi to Aston Villa, here we go! Verbal agreement in place for fee slightly in excess of €60m as Freiburg accept the proposal. Verbal agreement also with Manzambi and his agency over personal terms, long term deal in place. #AVFC completed the hijack. 🇨🇭 https://t.co/mpOB2XGFl7
#Manzambi, colpo di scena: rifiuta il #Newcastle e si avvicina all’#AstonVilla https://t.co/2fs3J9M4pg
🚨💥 BREAKING | Johan Manzambi to Aston Villa - DONE DEAL ✔️ ⚠️ EXCL DET: Hijack completed. Aston Villa have reached a full agreement with SC Freiburg. The total package is worth almost €70m, including add-ons, outbidding Newcastle. Aston Villa were in the race from the very beginning, as exclusively revealed. Manzambi had not given #NUFC his final commitment. His camp have now informed Aston Villa that he wants to join them. Long-term contract agreed. Medical soon. SC Freiburg were unavailabl
Johan Manzambi has decided to join Aston Villa and as of Sunday evening the deal is almost closed with Freiburg. Newcastle feared a hijack since last week, as reported on @talkSPORT. #NUFC aware of Manzambi’s preference. Aston Villa decided to move following Amadou Onana’s ACL injury, as @David_Ornstein called.🇨🇭
🚨🟣🔵 Newcastle are set to leave talks with Johan Manzambi’s camp as he’s advancing in negotiations with Aston Villa. Manzambi gives priority to #AVFC after deal hijacked this weekend, as mentioned earlier. https://t.co/yKFIXUpVFl
🚨🟣🔵 Exclusive story from the evening, confirmed: Aston Villa are in the race to sign Johan Manzambi. Negotiations underway to hijack Newcastle deal and get green light from the player. 🇨🇭 #NUFC agreed terms with Freiburg but not yet with Manzambi; #AVFC are on it. ❗️ https://t.co/OaPW1t4EBo
🚨 EXCL: Aston Villa in process of finalising move to sign Johan Manzambi from Freiburg. Newcastle United had agreement with #SCF but #NUFC lacked player approval. 20yo Swiss midfielder wants #AVFC & deal now accelerating towards conclusion @TheAthleticFC https://t.co/UTfbtXcSaH
Aggregated from public reports by football journalists. Signal strength reflects reporting reliability — not the probability of the deal happening, and not a betting market.
Reported fee is €20M above our model value.
A model-value read for context — not a betting market and not a probability the deal happens.
Reported by 14 — 9 tier-1, 5 tier-2.
Track records come from our resolved outcomes ledger; reporters with too few resolved calls show as “building”.
Clubs chasing Manzambi — leading bid pinned.
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