Aston Villa sensation Callum O’Hare is attracting strong interest from four clubs, according to Football Insider.
The reliable site claim League One pair Burton Albion and Bristol Rovers as well as League Two hopefuls Exeter City and Mansfield Town have all made approaches to sign O’Hare on loan for the second half of the season.
Football Insider report Villa manager Dean Smith is willing to green light the loan exit of O’Hare, whose contract at the club is set to expire at the end of the season.
OPINION
O’Hare made his ninth senior appearance for Villa in their recent FA Cup defeat to Swansea City, but it was his only first-team showing of the season and he is running out of time to make it at the club he joined as a schoolboy. Now 20, the attacking midfielder has a horde of big-name stars and internationals blocking his path to a Villa first-team spot and it is in his interests to go out on loan for the second half of the campaign. That will give him the opportunity play against hardened pro’s and move away from the cosy environment of youth-team football. With 15 goals and 11 assists from Premier League 2 matches, O’Hare has showed he is more than capable of cutting it at League One or League Two level. If he rips it up while on loan in the second half of the campaign, the youngster could then persuade his parent club to offer him an extension to his loan and offer him the carrot of breaking back into the Villa senior set-up.