Aston Villa's financial situation is so severe that Steve Bruce is not currently able to bring in loan players to the club.

That's the latest according to the Birmingham Mail, who stated that the West Midlands side are set to miss out on Harry Wilson, with the winger poised to join Stoke or Derby.

As well as that, Bruce has been prevented from signing Axel Tuanzebe and Josh Onomah, who both enjoyed loan spells at Villa Park last season.

However, the report did state that Villa are hopeful that Bruce will be able to sign loan players towards the end of the window.

Either way, they are currently in a position where they are set to miss out on key players and it demonstrates just how bad the crisis is at the moment.

Unsurprisingly, Villa fans were concerned at this latest update.

Here's how fans reacted to the news on Twitter...