Aston Villa monitoring Loris Nery

Aston Villa scouts have been monitoring young French defender Loris Nery of St. Etienne. The 20 year old is a current member of the France under 21 setup.

Nery has this year broken into the St. Etienne first team and some of Europe's biggest clubs have been monitoring the highly rated youngster as he comes to grips with Ligue 1.

The 20 year old has spent his entire youth career with St Etienne and is valued at around 3m GBP.