Transfer Whisper Report--Aleksander Tonev

Although reports on Twitter as of now say nothing is "100% official", it does appear possible the Bulgarian will be wearing the Claret and Blue for the next campaign. My personal scouting assessment on him? It's difficult to gauge from the current YouTube videos I've seen circulating and that is simply because I question the quality of the competition he matched up against. That being said, he far and away looks to be the most superior central playmaker Villa has had for quite some time.

Before we get too far ahead of ourselves, other clubs (including a certain Champion's League club) are strongly pursuing Tonev, and it shouldn't be necessary to remind everyone that we've seen this movie before....

According to the Daily Mail:
"Aston Villa have made a £3.5million bid for Lech Poznan winger Aleksandar Tonev. Manager Paul Lambert made his move with Celtic and German side Werder Bremen also in negotiations for the Bulgaria international. Tonev comes highly recommended by Stilian Petrov but is leaning towards a move to the Bundesliga."

That doesn't exactly give me the warm and fuzzies that we've locked him up, and there is nothing to report on the Official Villa page.  Sorry if I pissed in any of your cereal bowls, but below is a video for your viewing pleasure of Tonev ice skating on the pitch: