The Villans are said to be interested in signing the Brazilian defender.
Unai Emery, the head coach of Aston Villa, has two months remaining in the summer transfer window to assemble a squad capable of matching or improving on their seventh-place finish in the Premier League last season.
The Villans have already signed Belgian international midfielder Youri Tielemans on a free transfer from relegated Leicester City and are now on the lookout for a new central defender.
Fabrizio Romano recently claimed that the club are set to sign Villarreal star Pau Torres for an initial fee of €32.5m (£28m), with his medical set to be completed in the coming weeks after the Spaniard returns from his holiday.
Emery could land a dream partner for the left-footed ace by signing reported transfer target Gleison Bremer, who is valued at around €50m (£43m), from Juventus.
The Brazil international is a throwback defender who excels at box defending without being exceptional in possession, which is why he could work perfectly with Torres.
Bremer ranks in the lowest 5% of players in his position in the Men’s Big Five Leagues and European competitions for progressive passes per 90 over the last 365 days. The £28m Spaniard, on the other hand, rates among the top 4% and is in the top 1% for progressive carries per 90, but the Old Lady ace is in the bottom 16%.
These statistics indicate that Torres is one of Europe’s greatest center-backs when it comes to advancing play out of the back to advance his team up the pitch, whether through dribbles or passes, whilst the Juventus stopper appears to play it safe more frequently than not.
However, the 26-year-old Brazilian, who had a Sofascore rating of 7.11 in Serie A last season,
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