According to The Athletic’s Gregg Evans, Tom Heaton will consider leaving Aston Villa for guaranteed first-team football elsewhere this summer.
The England international goalkeeper has not featured for the Midlands club since January 2020, with ACL injury keeping him on the sidelines till last December.
Heaton has since lost his spot in manager Dean Smith’s starting XI to Argentine goalie and last summer’s arrival Emiliano Martinez, and he is not keen on playing second fiddle going forward.
The two-year deal Heaton was offered when he joined Villa from Burnley in the summer of 2019 expires at the end of this season, and while the club want to hand him an extension, an exit could very much be on the cards.