Exclusive: Aston Villa to battle West Ham for Udinese star with €35m release clause

Udinese midfielder Lazar Samardzic
Udinese midfielder Lazar Samardzic. Photo by Shutterstock.

Aston Villa are keen on signing highly-rated Udinese midfielder Lazar Samardzic in the summer.

The 22-year-old has impressed for Udinese this season and Ontheminute.com understands that Aston Villa will battle West Ham and Brighton to sign the midfielder.

Samardzic has a €35million release clause in his contract with Udinese. The midfielder signed a five-year contract when he joined Udinese from RB Leipzig in the summer of 2021.

The Serbian midfielder is also a target for Barcelona, Lazio, Juventus, Napoli and Inter Milan.

It is expected that the midfielder will leave Udinese for a bigger club this summer, even though he is still yet to make a final decision over his next destination.