FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - Champions League - Olympiacos vs Sporting CP - Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus, Greece - September 12, 2017 Olympiakos' Bjorn Engels REUTERS/Costas Baltas
(Reuters) - Newly promoted Aston Villa continued their close season spending spree by signing defender Bjorn Engels from French side Stade Reims for an undisclosed fee, the Premier League club said.
British media said Villa had paid Reims 7 million pounds for the 24-year-old, taking their spending to nearly 100 million pounds following their promotion from the Championship after beating Derby County in the playoff final.
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