Aston Villa boss Steve Bruce is making a dramatic £10million move for Norwich City midfield magician Robbie Brady.

And Bruce will tempt Republic of Ireland star Brady to leave the Canaries with a £50,000-a-week contract offer that would make him one of the top-paid players in the Championship.

4 Robbie Brady has made 19 appearances for Norwich this season

Villa supremo Doctor Tony Xia has given Bruce the funds to bring in leading players to give the club a chance of going straight back up.

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Bruce has already turned round the results of the current squad but he knows that extra class is needed to get promotion this season.

Brady played for Bruce at Hull City and the pair have a mutual respect, so the move will come down to whether Norwich will sell.

4 Steve Bruce has Brady high on his shopping list and will launch a £10million bid

4 Brady played under Bruce at Hull from 2013 to 2015

The Carrow Road club have seen their promotion bid falter and losing a star man to a rival would be hard to take.

But Norwich could spend the money on a couple of new faces and will be reluctant to match the wages on offer by giving Brady a new contract.