Aston Villa have accomplished the signing of 18-year-old Senegal winger Ibrahim Mbaye from Paris St-Germain for a payment of 55m euros (£47m).
Mbaye scored three targets and offered two assists in 31 video games in all competitions final season as PSG efficiently defended their Ligue 1 and Champions League titles.
{The teenager} appeared in all 4 of Senegal’s matches on the 2026 World Cup. He scored in a 3-1 defeat by France, changing into the youngest African participant to attain at a males’s World Cup.
Mbaye joined PSG in the summertime of 2018 from FC Versailles 78, progressing by their youth academy and making his senior debut in August 2024 on the age of 16.
The winger was born in France and represented Les Bleus at youth degree, however switched worldwide allegiance to Senegal in 2025 after qualifying by his father.
Mbaye is the newest attacker to hitch Unai Emery’s facet following Alejandro Garnacho, Johan Manzambi and Nicolas Jackson.
Whereas Villa have invested closely over the summer time, Unai Emery has misplaced a number of key members of his Europa League-winning squad.
Morgan Rogers accomplished a £117m transfer to Chelsea, earlier than defender Ezri Konsa joined Arsenal for £55m and striker Ollie Watkins moved to Saudi Arabian facet Al-Hilal in a £51m swap.
