Villa bring in Sancho, Elliott and Lindelof on deadline day

Aston Villa bolstered their squad on transfer deadline day by agreeing last-minute deals for Jadon Sancho, Harvey Elliott and Victor Lindelof while retaining a key young asset, Morgan Rogers, moves that come as Unai Emery’s side seek to arrest a worrying start to the Premier League season. The flurry of activity on Monday followed a summer dominated by profitability and profit-and-sustainability rules that limited Villa’s business until the final hours.

Sancho arrives on loan from Manchester United with no purchase option, Elliott joins on a season-long loan with an obligation to buy reported to be about 35 million pounds, and Lindelof signed on a free transfer after his contract at Manchester United expired. Villa also kept hold of goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez and winger Morgan Rogers amid interest from several top clubs. The transfer window closed with Villa having sold Jacob Ramsey to Newcastle in a deal that generated roughly 39 million pounds pure profit.

The moves were designed to add pace and creativity to an attack led by Ollie Watkins, but they come with immediate pressure. Villa have collected one point from nine available and had failed to score in their first three...