In a summer chalked full of transfer sagas with players holding out and refusing to play, we might just be set for another.
After a tremendous hat trick yesterday, the Birmingham Mail reports that Conor Hourihane is attracting Premier League interest.
The report states that Brighton are the side that are chasing his signature, though it would be a bit of a surprise to see it happen this quickly. It’d be a meteoric rise for Hourihane, who was with Barnsley this time last season.
And just three to four months ago, he wasn’t even a regular in Steve Bruce’s hot-and-cold Aston Villa side.
Now that he’s in good form, this has to emerge and has the real possibility of shaking up the way he acts and/or plays.
Without knowing much about his attitude, it’s hard to say how he will react but if this rumor is true, Villa fans will only hope he acts much more like Riyad Mahrez than Ousmane Dembele.
