Aston Villa sign former player on a free transfer from Sheffield United

Aston Villa has re-signed Cameron Archer from Sheffield United on a free transfer. The Midlands-based club earlier sold the player for a decent price tag of about £18 million to the Blades. During his stint at Sheffield United, Archer played 30 Premier League games and netted four goals. The striker gained a decent amount of exposure in a season marked by relegation blues for the Yorkshire-bound club.

A report by ‘The Sun’ suggests that Villa inserted a clause in his contract before selling him to Sheffield United. The clause guaranteed that the striker would return to Aston Villa if Sheffield got relegated from the Premier League. Sheffield United reportedly only paid an installment of about £3 million for the player out of his total valuation of £18 million. As things turned out, Villa got their player back as well as the initial installment money.