Aston Villa manager Unai Emery is reportedly urging the club to sign Real Madrid midfielder Dani Ceballos after failing to sign Conor Gallagher. According to Fichajes, Villa were interested in Gallagher, who left Atletico Madrid for a move to Tottenham. It now seems Emery wants Aston Villa to focus on Ceballos, with whom he previously worked at Arsenal. Fichajes suggests that Real Madrid could be open to selling Ceballos for approximately €10-20m, but their preference would be for the transfer to occur in the summer instead of now.

According to talkSPORT, Dani Ceballos could leave Real Madrid in the current transfer window. Ceballos has made 17 appearances for Real this season, playing 666 minutes. Aston Villa wants to loan the midfielder and possibly also buy him. The talkSPORT report adds that the key figure is Aston Villa's coach Unai Emery, and notes that Ceballos played under him at Arsenal. Emery has admitted in the past that he likes Ceballos as a player.

A report claims that Aston Villa are targeting Dani Ceballos from Real Madrid after their intended move for Gallagher was reportedly taken over by Spurs. Villa manager Unai Emery, who previously signed Ceballos on loan for Arsenal, has now turned his attention to the midfielder. While Ceballos is not a consistent starter for Real Madrid, there are doubts over whether the club would allow him to leave as he is considered a valuable squad player.