1: Villa are focused on building a team around upcoming young English talent so it would make sense to add another to that squad
2: he’s previously spoken of his idolisation of Jack Grealish and try’s to mimic his play style. He’d be a perfect player to have on the right with Jack on the left.
3: outside of cups, arsenal have been struggling for years, they no longer have the pull they once did.
4: arsenal have been struggling financially. Having to adjust finances in order to fund new players coming in and new contracts.
5: he’s just simply too good for that current arsenal side, he surely doesn’t want to waste his career being another big fish in a tiny pond.