Ampadu would not have many, if any, eighteen year olds playing regular Premier League football for company if he went to Villa. I'm not sure if he would be involved every week at Villa Park either because Dean Smith would be a very brave manager indeed if he kept on picking him if results were going poorly - for that reason, I can see him going to a Championship club, but I'll be amazed if it was us.

Ben Woodburn is being strongly linked with a loan move to Hull.