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Aston Villa complete Libor Kozak move

02 September 2013 - 18:59

Premier League side Aston Villa have succesfully completed the transfer of Lazio striker Libor Kozak on a four year contract.

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The 24 year old, who was the highest scorer in the last edition of Europa League, has been a long term target for Villa boss Paul Lambert and the manager expressed delight on having finally wrapped up a deal for the highly rated marksman.<br />

He said: "We've been on this one for the last few months, trying to bring him to the club, so I'm delighted to get it across the line.<br />

"Libor has an unbelievable scoring record in the Europa League, incredible really.<br />

"He wasn't given much opportunity for Lazio in Serie A but he showed proper potential in leading the line there at a strong club with a great tradition and we need somebody like him as we only have Christian Benteke really as a main target man.<br />

"He'll take that burden off Christian and he'll add greatly to what we've got, with the likes of Nicklas Helenius, who's a different type of player, Gabby Agbonlahor, Aleks Tonev and Andi Weimann in that area of the pitch where we can hurt teams.<br />

"Libor's powerful, too, and I'm looking forward to working with him. We needed to bring in someone like Libor to help the overall philosophy to work."<br />

Kozak said: "I'm really happy to be at Aston Villa and I'm ready for this new step in my career.<br />

"I hope it's a good step for me and also for Villa because everything is about the team. This is a big club, a very historic club with a fantastic fan base and, for me, this is really important.<br />

"From when I was a young boy, I have dreamt of playing in the Premier League and to do this with a club such as Villa is incredibly motivating. It's real now and I'm very happy about this."

Written by Prateek Sarkar