Aston Villa boss Steven Gerrard was pleased with the response of their January signings this season.
Gerrard has since signed permanently Barcelona midfielder Philippe Coutinho and welcomed Boubacar Kamara from Marseille.
He said, “I think the tone was set in the previous window. We made four signings. Robin Olsen, as you saw against Manchester City, performed at a high level and is more than capable of challenging Emi (Martinez). We're hoping to maybe get some progress on that one moving forward.
"I thought Calum (Chambers), Lucas (Digne) and Phil (Coutinho) again showed the reasons why we brought them into the club against a top side (City). They performed ever so well. I think the tone was set in the previous window. We got superb backing from the owners, Christian (Purslow) and Johan (Lange) to help get those signings done. Again, straight away we've moved swiftly, we've moved quietly to try and get another big player in the door.
"To do that on day one of the off-season is a massive step. Now it's time to push and move forward for the next piece of the jigsaw."
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