Aston Villa’s summer was almost like a revolving door at Villa Park as 12 new players walked in for a total surpassing £140m.

Having been promoted back to the Premier League for the first time since 2016, manager Dean Smith understandably wanted some reinforcements.

He splashed the cash on Wesley Moraes to make him a club-record signing at £22m, and he’s so far returned just two goals in seven appearances with their top goalscorer being John McGinn with three.

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They were also linked to several attacking players throughout the summer and even towards deadline day with the likes of Neal Maupay, Said Benrahma, and Jean-Kevin Augustin all being mooted for a potential move to the west Midlands.

At the weekend, another one of their reported targets from the summer scored his first goals for his new team.

Mbaye Diagne was linked to Villa after his former Kasimpasa teammate Trezeguet joined the club though nothing ever came of it and he joined Club Brugge on loan at the start of September.

He’s only managed 36 minutes of game time in the league for them so far this season but did net a brace against KV Mechelen in their 5-0 victory as they took top spot in the Belgian Pro League.

Later tonight, the 27-year-old could be in action against La Liga giants Real Madrid in the Champions League as Philippe Clement’s men head to the Bernabeu.

He was gifted 17 minutes against his parent club Galatasaray just two weeks ago when Europe's elite competition got underway, so he could well feature again tonight.

That brace could even springboard him into the starting XI, but we'll have to wait and see.

His career to date suggests he’s been rather prolific, bagging 81 goals in 148 appearances which is better than a goal every two matches.

The bulk of his performances have come in the Super Lig for both Kasimpasa and Galatasaray where he has produced 42 goals in just 49 appearances.

Based on those records alone, Smith may have missed out on a potentially valuable source of goals - fans in B6 can take a look for themselves when the two sides kick off in the early sector of matches later this evening.

A good performance against a team as big as Real is likely to have supporters wondering what if.