Aston Villa may be preparing an offer to lure Ivan Toney back to the Premier League in a bid to ease their attacking woes this season.

Toney scored 35 goals from 85 appearances for Brentford in the Premier League, helping them win promotion from the Championship.

The 29-year-old striker completed a shock move to Saudi side Al Ahli in August 2024, for a reported £40million, winning the AFC Champions League in his first season.

Villa have struggled in front of goal this campaign, netting just six times, a tally only worsened by Nottingham Forest and Wolves. This cements what was the club's worst start to a Premier League campaign since 1997-98.

Both parties, Villa and Toney, may be hoping to strike a deal with each other as Unai Emery ponders how to improve his frontline and Toney plans his route back to the England national team.

Aston Villa manager Unai Emery has struggled so far this season.(Image: PA)

Despite an impressive 38 goals in 54 matches...