Aston Villa have agreed a £5m fee to sign defender Axel Disasi on loan from Chelsea. The 26-year-old briefly looked Tottenham bound but he is understood to have preferred a move to the Midlands club. There has been no option to buy included in the deal so any fee to make the move permanent in the summer will have to be negotiated at a later date.

Axel Disasi ’s deadline day saga is set to end with the Chelsea defender joining Aston Villa on loan until the end of the season. Villa are set to pay a loan fee of around £5million for the Frenchman after beating off competition from Tottenham.