Aston Villa are set to rival Arsenal and Bayern Munich for Juventus’ want-away striker Dusan Vlahovic.

According to the Daily Telegraph’s Sam Dean, the Villains are planning on an ambitious double summer move for the Serbian international forward and Barcelona attacker Ferran Torres as the Catalans look to fund a move for ex-club captain Lionel Messi.

Aston Villa in hunt for Dusan Vlahovic

Serbian striker Vlahovic, 23, has seen his career stall somewhat this season losing his place in the first-team at the Old Lady after only scoring nine goals in 24 league appearances.

And after it was announced that Barcelona Director of Football Mateu Alemany will be moving to the Birmingham-based club, Villa are set for an interesting summer of transfer speculation ahead as they look to build on an impressive campaign with Unai Emery’s side currently sitting eight in the Premier League, level on points with Tottenham with a seventh place finish guaranteeing European football next season.