Aston Villa reportedly hijack Newcastle's move for Swiss sensation Johan Manzambi

[p]The 20-year-old looked set to join [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/newcastle-utd/p6ahwuwJ/"]Newcastle[/a] after a sensational World Cup campaign with Switzerland, after Eddie Howe’s side reached a £52 million agreement with [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/freiburg/fiEQZ7C7/"]Freiburg[/a].[/p][p]An agreement over personal terms was never reached, however, and Newcastle will once again miss out on one of their top targets.[/p][p]Newcastle were in a remarkably similar situation with [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/munoz-victor/EBMXXrd3/"]Victor Munoz[/a], agreeing a fee with [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/osasuna/ETdxjU8a/"]Osasuna[/a] before the player ultimately decided to join [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/liverpool/lId4TMwf/"]Liverpool[/a] instead.[/p][p][b]According to [i]The Athletic[/i], Premier League rivals [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/aston-villa/W00wmLO0/"]Aston Villa[/a] have swooped in to hijack and are finalising the deal.[/b][/p][embed guid="d731b701-8664-4462-b2b9-2d85ab58b70d" url="https://x.com/David_Ornstein/status/2076380621492932886" social-type="twitter" /][p]It’s understood that Villa decided to accelerate their interest in [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/manzambi-johan/pIqmcnKc/"]Manzambi[/a] after midfielder [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/onana-amadou/roId3gPf/"]Amadou Onana[/a] suffered a knee ligament injury.[/p][p]Manzambi impressed over in North America, scoring three goals and providing one assist in his four games before a knee injury cut his World Cup campaign short.[/p][image alt="Manzambi's recent player ratings" id="88d4eaaa-0da2-4f0e-9ffc-2f1615745191" credit-line="Flashscore" guid="6bd40f26-4a07-4125-94ae-01bf962c568b" original-width="2160" original-height="2700" /][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/news/transfer-news-live-tracker-updates/8QqUWm3n/"]Follow all the latest transfer news here.[/a][/b][/p]