Aston Villa have been linked with Newcastle United duo Ciaran Clark and Isaac Hayden as Steve Bruce looks to add to his squad ahead of the loan deadline.

The West Midlands side have a fairly thin squad after a turbulent summer that prevented them from going big in the market.

However, the recent investment into the club from Wes Edens and Nassef Sawiris has given Bruce the chance to keep Jack Grealish and bring in a few players, such as John McGinn and Ørjan Nyland.

Yet, new faces are still needed and recent reports linked Villa with Clark and Hayden.

They both know all about the Championship, having helped the Tyneside outfit to the title back in 2017.

Should a deal for Clark happen, it would see him return to the club he spent the majority of his career at, having come through the Villa academy and played over 150 games for the club.

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