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Villa u21 attacking midfielder Ewan Simpson has joined Scottish League One side Hamilton Academical on loan for the 2025-26 season.

Lewis Dobbin August 2025: Aged 22, Loaned to Championship side Preston North End 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 for the 2025-26 season.

A curious player, a curious fellow, more out of form than in across his four seasons with Villa, Bailey always had the capacity but rarely the application to be a game-changer.

Kerr Smith 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿, Villa's latest loanee, did not make his debut but did make Barrow's 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 squad for their 2-1 victory over Notts County 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿.

Kerr Smith has made his second loan move away from the club following his injury-curtailed spell at St Johnstone 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 in 2024.

Joe Gauci makes his second loan move away from Villa by joining Port Vale for the 2025-26 season. Gauci, who has made two Cup appearances for the first team, spent time on loan at Barnsley in 2024-25 making seven appearances, conceding nine and keeping two clean sheets.

Josh Feeney 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 (pictured) claims a clean sheet on debut for Huddersfield 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 as a 61st-minute substitute with the score at 0-0, Feeney's new club run out 2-0 winners at Reading 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 in League One.

Villa u21 midfielder I-Lani Edwards has joined National League North side Hereford on loan for the first half of the 2025-26 season. I-Lani made 6 PL2 appearances last season as well as representing Villa in the EFL Trophy and Birmingham Senior Cup.

Tommi O'Reilly 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his debut for Crewe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 starting and playing 80 minutes in their 3-1 League One win at Salford City 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Yasin Özcan has left Villa on loan for Juliper Pro side RSC Anderlecht 🇧🇪 after just one month in the door. Özcan, highly sought after in the winter transfer window,i offcially signed with Villa in July for a fee of €7.00m from Kasımpaşa S.K. 🇹🇷

Villa u21's 'keeper Sam Lewis has made a short-term loan move to National League North club Oxford City.