OPINION
Aston Villa are one of the favourites to land the Championship title this season and Steve Bruce would bolster his chances if he signed Bristol City defender Aden Flint.
Flint, 27, has shone for Lee Johnson’s side this season, as he inspired the Robins as captain in their fight against relegation from the second tier of English football.
The Sun claimed in May that Premier League duo West Ham and West Brom are keen on signing the former Swindon Town defender after shining in the Championship as part of a three-man defence.
Aston Villa should throw their hat into the transfer ring, in order to bring the 6ft 5in defender to Villa Park and provide leadership and a reliability in defence that was missing last season.
This Is Futbol analyses three reasons why the colossal defender could be the key to Villa bouncing back to the Premier League at the second time of asking, with Bruce likely to want to shore up his backline in the coming months.