Bundesliga side Werder Bremen have confirmed that they have received an expression of interest from Aston Villa for Milot Rashica.
The 24-year-old midfielder has previously been linked with Liverpool and RB Leipzig this summer, but it is the Birmingham side who have made the first move for the Kosovo international star.
Transfer speculation over the player built at the weekend when he was not involved in the DFB Pokal encounter with Carl Zeiss Jena, and though local reports suggest Rashica is holding out for a team playing in the Champions League, Villa have chanced their luck.