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Villa agree Delph transfer fee

03 Aug 2009 - 17:47:08

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Aston Villa appear to have won the race to sign Leeds United's highly-rated teenager Fabian Delph after agreeing a transfer fee with the League One side for the midfielder.

The 19-year-old has represented England at Under-19 and Under-21 levels and also featured in 54 first-team matches for Leeds.

A statement on United's official website read: "Leeds can confirm that a fee has been agreed with Aston Villa for Fabian Delph.

"Leeds United wishes to place on record our appreciation for the honourable manner in which Aston Villa have conducted their interest in the player.

"The club has resisted approaches from other FA Premier League clubs since agreeing terms with Aston Villa.

"Having given Villa our commitment to transfer the player (subject to a medical), we had no intention of going back on that."

Villa boss Martin O'Neill also continues to be linked with Newcastle United's Habib Beye, Portsmouth's Sylvain Distin, Blackburn Rovers left-back Stephen Warnock and Real Madrid's Wesley Sneijder.