Spanish giants Barcelona are reportedly preparing a bid to bring Aston Villa striker Ashley Young to the Camp Nou.Barca appear unwilling to waste any more time chasing Franck Ribery now that Real Madrid, Manchester United and Chelsea have joined the bidding and may now turn their attention to the quicksilver forward.
Reports from England also claim that Villa would be prepared to cash-in on their young striker in order to fund their own summer spending.
According to the Daily Star, the Calatan giants have been monitoring the situation and belive that a 29.5 million euro bid would be enough to tempt Villa manager, Martin O'Neill to part with the talented winger.
Barca could have an ace up their sleeve as O'Neill had previously shown an interest in Alexander Hleb, a player who has no future at the Camp Nou, and a part-exchange deal could be the best option for both clubs.
The paper also quoted a Spanish source saying, "Young has been impressive throughout last season with Villa and he is a player that [Pep] Guardiola likes.
"He has been following him for a while now and we hope that he wants to move to Spain and come to a club as big as Barca.
"There has been no contact yet but the club are firming up their plans at the moment."
Young came close to joining Real Madrid during the January transfer window when Juande Ramos was still in charge at Los Blancos but the excessive asking price forced them to abandon their chase.
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