Aston Villa have signed Evann Guessand from Nice for a fee worth €35million (£30.4m; $40.5m). They will pay a €30m up-front fee and a further €5m in add-ons. The 24-year-old has signed a long-term deal with Villa.

OGC Nice aren’t wasting any time in their search to replace Evann Guessand (24). The forward, born in Ajaccio, officially left for Aston Villa on Friday, committing to the Premier League club until

Aston Villa has made its first major signing of the summer by landing Ivory Coast forward Evann Guessand from French club Nice for a reported fee of at least 30 million euros.