Aston Villa are approaching kitchen sink time when considering the best-placed move to make on the transfer front, with the winter market’s deadline day but a day away.

Unai Emery has thus far been a revelation since his arrival in October, winning five of his first seven Premier League outings, but there is still plenty of work to be done to ensure that Villa’s recent good fortunes are sustained with regularity.

And with Alex Moreno and Jhon Duran already secured on the transfer front, the Claret & Blue are swiftly moulding into a team of the Spaniard’s creation, with the likes of talisman Danny Ings also sold on this month to Premier League rivals West Ham United for a reported £15m.

While Duran is an exciting young forward option, the 19-year-old can hardly be expected to lead the line with devastating consistency just yet, having been signed from MLS outfit Chicago Fire, and his skill set would be more prudently utilised with soft, careful integration.

As such, forging ahead with a deal for the likes of Watford’s Ismaila Sarr, who has recently been linked with a move to the Midlands outfit, would be an excellent option for a side looking to add a number of dimensions to their attack.

Writing in his latest column for GIVEMESPORT, Dean Jones remarked: “Watford’s Ismaila Sarr is the latest wide forward to be linked while Luiz Henrique is a raw talent that has been scouted.”

Sarr was subject to a £25m move to Villa in 2021, with former boss Steven Gerrard pulling out of negotiations at the 11th hour following concerns relating to Sarr’s medical results, but with emphatic showings for the Hornets and the Senegalese national team ensuring, it is evident that he boasts every bit the acumen and prowess to dazzle under the ambitious Emery’s tutelage at Villa Park.

Since arriving in Watford, the 52-cap star has scored 31 goals and provided 22 assists from 115 appearances, a centrepiece to the club’s endeavour in pursuing an instant return to the top-flight following relegation to the EFL Championship last season.

And with seven goals and four assists this league term, the 24-year-old Sarr would bring that dynamic cutting edge that could prove the difference in Villa’s pursuit of prominence.

If Villa technical director Johan Lange can prove to be successful in the plot to land the Championship sensation, he could link up wonderfully with another prospective acquisition in Olympique Lyonnais’ Moussa Dembele.

He is another touted for a move to the club by Jones who suggested over the week that he has been “sought out” by the Villans ahead of the expiry of his contract at the end of the campaign.

The £52k-per-week Dembele has been his Ligue 1 outfit’s focal point in attack since arriving from Scottish giants Celtic in 2018 for £19.7m, scoring 69 goals from 160 appearances, but he has fallen out of favour this season and plundered just the two goals from 16 outings.

Despite this, he retains a clinical prowess that would allow him to flourish within any environment, and with the attacker still ranking among the top 6% of positional peers in Europe’s top five leagues for rate of non-penalty goals, he is clearly a resounding marksman, retaining a consistency in front of the net despite the peripheral role he has played this term.

And Sarr, who former Watford shot-stopper Ben Foster once hailed a “freak of a talent”, could provide the blistering pace and enigmatic aura from the flank, cutting inside at will and offering auxiliary support when deemed appropriate.

With the link-up between the respective aces, Emery could finally piece the puzzle together and unleash a refined and formidable frontal edge to his oiled system, reaping the rewards of their labour and adding a dynamic sheen that could indeed pave a course for fortunes scarcely seen at Villa Park for some time.