Aston Villa are set to sign Burnley goalkeeper Tom Heaton after agreeing an £8m deal last night.

Heaton is due for a medical at Villa today after an improved offer was accepted for the England international.

Dean Smith, the Villa head coach, has been determined to bring in another goalkeeper this summer and Heaton will leave Turf Moor after a six-year spell.

It is understood the fee is £8m, with a modest add-on of £500,000.

Heaton, 33, played the first half of Burnley’s 6-1 victory over Nice in a pre-season friendly on Tuesday night.

He is poised to become Villa’s 11th signing of the summer, following the club’s promotion to the Premier League.

Smith had also considered Stoke’s Jack Butland and Cardiff’s Neil Etheridge but the signing of Heaton, who had less than a year remaining on his Burnley contract, will be seen as a shrewd purchase.

Marvelous Nakamba, the Zimbabwe international, is also poised to complete his £11 million move in the next few days subject to a medical and visa.