Aston Villa have confirmed the signing of Nice forward Evann Guessand for an undisclosed fee. The 24-year-old is a versatile signing that has played across the front line, as a number 10, right winger and number nine to date.

France-born Ivory Coast forward Evann Guessand has joined Aston Villa from Ligue 1 side Nice, the Premier League club said on Friday.

Aston Villa made its first major signing of the summer by landing Ivory Coast forward Evann Guessand from French club Nice for a reported fee of at least 30 million euros ($35 million) on Friday. The 24-year-old Guessand scored 13 goals in total last season playing mainly as a winger and was named Nice's player of the season.