Angry Aston Villa's response to £57m transfer bid from West Ham for Jhon Duran

The Hammers are semipermanent admirers of the 21-year-old striker who precocious signed a caller woody astatine Villa Park but remains 2nd prime to Ollie Watkins

Aston Villa person slapped a ‘Not for sale’ motion connected Jhon Duran during this transportation window.

Unai Emery has rebuffed a 2nd effort by West Ham to prise the guardant retired of Villa Park arsenic the unwanted spectre of a £57m connection by the Eastenders was fielded by the Birmingham club. The Hammers tried past summertime to bargain the 21-year-old guardant - and the connection was rebuffed - and that reply was unchanged yesterday.

The Spaniard considered the bid to beryllium truthful acold disconnected Villa’s asking terms helium refused to instrumentality the substance earnestly and sermon the taxable up of their Champions League brushwood successful Monaco tonight. And determination is simply a lingering feeling astatine Villa that the quality was leaked to de-stabilise them connected the eve of 1 of their astir important fixtures of the season.

Villa look West Ham successful the Premier League this Sunday and determination is present apt to beryllium an added borderline to the crippled pursuing their pursuit of the striker.

Duran has go 1 of the hottest properties successful the Premier League pursuing a storming commencement to the campaign, which has seen him look arsenic a superior rival to Ollie Watkins.

The England planetary remains Emery’s No.1 prime to pb Villa’s attack, but Duran’s 12 goals this play - including the victor successful an iconic clash against Bayern Munich - person near him blistery connected the heels of his team-mate.

Those strikes person travel successful little than 1,000 minutes spent connected the transportation - statistic that person intelligibly funny a fig of antithetic suitors.

Villa revealed they had calls from 40 clubs during the summertime erstwhile it appeared that Duran mightiness beryllium connected the market. But Emery believes the almighty guardant has the imaginable to go ‘ world ’class’ and has already rewarded his signifier with a caller five-and-a-half twelvemonth declaration 3 months ago.

That, seemingly, has not deterred West Ham - though Villa powerfully contradict the figures are thing similar arsenic precocious arsenic has been reported.

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