Aston Villa set price for Arsenal and Chelsea to sign Jhon Duran

Aston Villa volition see offers for Jhon Duran amid involvement from Arsenal and Chelsea – but lone if they person an astronomical bid.

Duran is 1 of the astir sought aft strikers successful the satellite close now, with West Ham, PSG and Al Nassr among the teams hoping to motion him this January.

The Irons precocious had a £57million bid rejected portion Saudi Pro League broadside Al Nassr privation the Colombian arsenic a imaginable replacement for Cristiano Ronaldo who is retired of declaration astatine the extremity of the season.

Chelsea came adjacent to signing the 21-year-old past summertime portion Arsenal person made enquiries implicit the past fewer months amid their ongoing hunt for an elite goalscorer.

Though their involvement has quietened of late, Duran nary uncertainty remains a desirable people for some London clubs, albeit 1 that would beryllium hard to buy.

And the chances of them landing the striker person conscionable got adjacent harder, with aggregate sources including talkSPORT reporting that Villa privation astatine slightest £85m for the player.

Unai Emery is determined not to suffer Duran, arsenic his broadside look to unafraid a apical 4 decorativeness successful the Premier League and spell acold successful the Champions League, contempt the Colombian being second-choice No.9 down Ollie Watkins.

Just 7 of Duran’s 28 appearances this play person been starts, yet he’s managed to people 12 goals – uncovering the backmost of the nett each 85 minutes connected average.

He joined the Villans from Chicago Fire for £18m 2 years agone and successful October signed a caller declaration to support him astatine the Villa Park until 2030.

Amid the deficiency of starts, the study adds that Duran could beryllium unfastened to linking up with Ronaldo earlier helium perchance departs the Middle East.

Arsenal fans would apt similar it if helium linked up with Bukayo Saka and Martin Odegaard instead, as would nine fable Patrick Vieira.

Discussing Duran successful October, the erstwhile Gunners skipper said: ‘He’s the close subordinate for Arsenal – quick, unselfish, coagulated successful the air, technically skilled, and intelligent successful his movement.’

The young guardant volition person the accidental to impressment a imaginable suitor connected Sunday erstwhile Villa big West Ham successful the Premier League.

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