Aston Villa have agreed a £5m fee to sign defender Axel Disasi on loan from Chelsea. The 26-year-old briefly looked Tottenham bound but he is understood to have preferred a move to the Midlands club. There has been no option to buy included in the deal so any fee to make the move permanent in the summer will have to be negotiated at a later date.

Aston Villa have completed a third signing on deadline day, bringing in Chelsea defender Axel Disasi on loan until the end of the season.

Axel Disasi is apparently going to Aston Villa after all, after rejecting Spurs (again) and evidently forcing Chelsea into accepting Villa’s offer. Disasi had agreed terms with the Villans several days ago already,