Aston Villa Transfer : Rudy Gestede has signed for Aston Villa for around £6m

Aston Villa Transfer : Rudy Gestede has signed for Aston Villa for around £6m

Aston Villa are certain of finishing a £6million transfer deal for Blackburn striker Rudy Gestede.

Villans supervisor Tim Sherwood is said to be a huge fan of the 26-year-old, who scored 20 Championship goals last season.

He has marked Jordan Ayew from Lorient and is propelling talks with Tottenham over an advance for Emmanuel Adebayor.

Gestede was exceptional for Blackburn last season scoring 22 objectives in 44 amusements and was considered by West Brom, Hull, Crystal Palace and QPR in January.

The 26-year-old was talked about by Watford additionally this late spring yet they never approached with a formal offer.

Sherwood is wanting to support his assaulting alternatives in front of the new crusade in the wake of losing Christian Benteke to Liverpool and Andreas Weimann to Derby.

Also, with trade in for cold hard currency the bank to spend, Villa are focusing on Gestede in an arrangement worth £6m.

It is trusted that an arrangement could soon be concurred, in spite of the fact that Villa's Premier League matches West Brom and Crystal Palace stay intrigued and could affect and a stun swoop for the Benin worldwide.