Unai Emery and John McGinn have both expressed their excitement at the arrival of new signing Moussa Diaby.
The France international winger sealed his move to Aston Villa on Saturday for an undisclosed fee, immediately joining the club’s pre-season trip to the USA.
And head coach Emery declared his delight at signing Diaby when he spoke to media ahead of the club’s Summer Series fixture against Newcastle United.
“I was very happy with the work we did last year, now this year we have to add some different players,” he said.
“For us, Moussa Diaby is one player we were following.
“He’s helping us, trying to improve our level of play in the attacking third, sometimes playing on the right, sometimes he’s playing as a No.10 and sometimes he’s playing as a left winger.
“We are really excited and are really happy with him.
“We have to build again our structure and Moussa is giving us another important step ahead.”
The 24-year-old put pen to paper on his contract at the club’s Washington, DC hotel and met Emery before linking up with his new team-mates.
And the Villa boss spoke glowingly in his praise for the club’s latest summer signing, before revealing he is set to start training on Monday.
“He is a winger, a striker and his best part is his capacity to attack, dribbling, running behind,” added the Spaniard.
“He has experience in Europe, he’s young and I think the qualities he’s going to give us, playing in different positions as well, I think he’s going to give us more power."
Emery added: “The idea is to start with us training on Monday, after the match tomorrow (against Newcastle).”
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Captain McGinn echoed Emery’s thoughts and shared his own excitement at the arrival of the club’s third signing of the summer.
Diaby follows in the footsteps of fellow new arrivals Youri Tielemans and Pau Torres, and midfielder McGinn is happy to have the trio on board.
“I think if you have any knowledge of football, if you love football, you know who he is,” said the Scotland international.
“You’re excited by him coming in, he’s certainly going to improve us.
“He’s a little bit faster than me…
“I’m excited. We obviously hear the rumours, we read the stories, but we never really get the knowledge until he walks through the door.
“He was at the hotel today and he knows some of the players already, which helps.
“And the thing for us is there’s a lot of players here who didn’t have European experience; what Pau, Youri and Moussa add is European experience, which can only help us as a team.”