Aston Villa have been handed a golden chance to sign Werder Bremen winger Milot Rashica this summer.

What's the story?

It was claimed that, after initially wanting to stay in the Bundesliga, the Kosovan had a change of heart and was open to a move to the Premier League and to Villa, with Dean Smith's side ready to spend big to get him.

While a deal failed to materialise before the end of the deadline, it appears that Villa are ready to go back in for the winger. According to Football Insider, the Midlands club are preparing a fresh move for the 24-year-old this summer, adding that he "is on the club’s shortlist of potential wide forward signings going into the next transfer window".

They have been handed a potentially significant boost in the chase to sign him, with Bremen's relegation from the Bundesliga confirmed at the weekend after their defeat to Borussia Monchengladbach.

Lange will be buzzing

Given how Johan Lange wanted to sign him last summer, news that Bremen have gone down will surely have Villa's sporting director grinning from ear to ear over potentially doing a deal for Rashica this time around - and at a potential cut-price fee, too.

Florian Kohfeldt, Rashica's manager at Bremen, has previously raved about the winger's ability, saying: "He is a player who can decide Bundesliga games. You don’t find that very often. Milot has incredible skills. In speed, in goal scoring, in passing. These skills also fall on others. Rashica would fit well to England with his pace, but also with his style of play to Spain."

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Hailed as someone who "makes scoring look easy", the 24-year-old Rashica can play anywhere just behind the striker as well as at centre-forward, and that kind of versatility will surely be very much appreciated by Smith.

Bremen's relegation gives Villa the perfect chance to finally snap him up.

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