Aston Villa are looking to tie up a deal for highly-rated Ajax defender Nicolai Boilesen.

The 23-year-old full-back, who has already been described as the 'Next Gareth Bale', has already won 15 caps for the Danish international side and helped Dutch giants Ajax to four successive league titles between 2011 and 2014.

Ajax boss Ronald De Boer is believed to be willing to let the defender leave the Eredivisie outfit, and with the player said to be keen on a move to the Premier League, Villa are hoping to wrap up a deal worth £1.1million in the next few days.

Boilesen would link up with fellow Danes Jores Okore, who signed for the Villans in 2013, and Nicklas Helenius, who spent last season on loan with former club Aarlborg.