Aston Villa are European champions once again. Olé, Olé, Olé.

Unai Emery's brilliance had already secured a place in next year's Champions League campaign for the Villans, but this is quite the sweetener for a project which has now been crowned with something tangible and gleaming.

The Second City is singing right now. And it will for some time yet, with this group of Villa players now immortal after beating Freiburg in Istanbul.

Now comes the gritty part, strengthening this squad while fighting off suitors for superstars such as Morgan Rogers.

The latest on Rogers' Aston Villa future

Rogers was awarded the Europa League Player of the Season, instrumental in ending three decades of drought on the trophy front for Aston Villa.

Emery views Rogers as a superstar, and it's a sentiment shared by many.

Manchester United are interested in signing the £80m-rated England international this summer, and while NSWE will be confident that they will retain their focal creator's services, they need to strengthen in that department.

As per TEAMtalk, Aston Villa are joining Arsenal in the race for Manchester City midfielder Tijjani Reijnders, who has struggled for a starring role in Pep Guardiola's team this season.

Valued at £45m, the former AC Milan midfielder is also on Arsenal's radar, but a role in Aston Villa's team, where he could stake a claim for a starting berth from the get-go, could help resurrect the Dutchman's career.

Emery’s side are 'open to a bid', should they feel that Reijnders wants to make the move to Villa Park.

Why Reijnders can be Aston Villa's new Rogers

Reijnders joined Manchester City from AC Milan last summer in a deal worth £46.5m, arriving with a reputation as one of the best midfielders in Italian football, if not the best.

Reijnders typically plays in the opposition half, utilising his ball-playing skills to start attacks and keep defenders hemmed in. In this, he is perfect for an Emery system that maintains a high and aggressive backline, retaining possession while attacking opponents with intensity.

Hailed for "performing at an insane level" by analyst Ben Mattinson during his final season in Italy with AC Milan, Reijnders is composed in tight spaces and intuitive when on the ball and tasked with making things happen.

He differs from Rogers, of course. He's not as active a carrier, and he relies more on his line-breaking passing than Villa's talisman, who drives with energy and pace and ferocity.

But this is a player who can add a dimension to this title-winning Villan outfit, all the while timing his own surges into the danger area to score with comparative consistency.

In the Premier League for City this season, the Netherlands star scored five goals - including on his debut - across his first 19 matches, blending an innate potency with tidiness in possession and the ability to dictate a game, to will it onto his terms.

It's worth stressing that there is every chance these two midfielders play in conjunction at Villa Park next season. Emery has only tightened his side's grip on Rogers' signature, and surely the attacker will be happy to continue his journey at the centre of this project.

But Villa are taking the first steps to add more control and creativity from midfield, and in Reijnders, the perfect foil could be signed in the coming months - a midfielder who might just have what it takes to cement himself as a superstar of the same quality as Rogers, albeit producing the goods in a different manner, thus ensuring the evolution of this incredible team.