Son Heung-min
On 16 July 2019, Engels signed for Premier League side Aston Villa for an estimated €8 million fee. Reims' director-general Mathieu Lacour and president Jean-Pierre Caillot described that Engels' short time with the club was due to an agreement to allow him to join any Premier League club that made a considerable offer. Engels made his debut on the first day of the 2019–20 season, in a 3–1 away defeat to Tottenham Hotspur. On 16 February 2020, he scored his first goal for Aston Villa in a 3–2 home defeat, also to Tottenham Hotspur, a game in which he also made a mistake in injury time to allow Son Heung-min to score the winning goal.