Aston Villa boss Alex McLeish expects to complete the signing of Wigan Athletic winger Charles N'Zogbia next week.
N'Zogbia is due to fly back from a holiday to undergo a medical tomorrow after Villa and Wigan reached agreement over a compromise £9.5million deal.
Villa do not anticipate any problems in that department with the 25-year-old poised to put pen to paper on a five-year contract next week.
McLeish said: "We're arranging a medical for Charles and, pending that, he should be a Villa player next week."
N'Zogbia will become Villa's second signing of the summer after keeper Shay Given moved from Manchester City in a £3.5million deal.
