Aston Villa star Jhon Duran sends message to Arsenal over £75m transfer move

Jhon Duran has distanced himself from rumours of a imaginable determination to Arsenal, insisting helium is ‘happy’ astatine Aston Villa and assured helium tin execute ‘big things’ nether Unai Emery.

The 20-year-old striker has been forced to play 2nd fiddle to Ollie Watkins passim overmuch of his enactment astatine Villa Park but has made himself nigh-on intolerable to disregard with a drawstring of eye-catching performances this season.

It comes aft months of speculation implicit Duran’s future, with West Ham reportedly launching an unsuccessful bid of £30million – positive teenage midfielder Lewis Orford – for the Colombia planetary towards the extremity of the summertime transportation window.

Duran’s awesome instrumentality of 8 goals successful 14 appearances this word – containing conscionable 3 starts – person won the guardant plentifulness much admirers crossed European football, including Barcelona and Arsenal, who person some contacted Villa implicit a imaginable woody this January.

But Villa are relaxed astir the concern fixed Duran precocious extended his declaration until 2030 and the nine are not prepared to bash concern unless they person an connection northbound of £75m for the attacker.

On speculation linking him with a determination distant from Villa successful the summer, Duran told Sky Sports: ‘Yes, I deliberation determination were rumours. As a young man, the caput goes to different places.

‘But determination was ever full enactment from Unai, from [president of shot operations] Monchi, and supra each from Damian [Vidagany, manager of shot operations].

‘The 3 of them are important pillars successful this club. They person achieved galore things successful a abbreviated time, and they person helped maine a lot. They were precise invaluable to maine due to the fact that they kept maine grounded, they told maine things arsenic they person to beryllium said.

‘I deliberation that helps, successful a way, the mind, and they… I don’t know, the commencement of the play was astir my mind. Now it’s different.

‘With experience, we’re going to bash large things, and we’re moving for that. Thanks to them, we’re here, and I’m blessed here.’

Duran’s frustrations implicit a deficiency of regular playing clip boiled to the aboveground erstwhile helium was substituted successful the 2nd fractional of Villa’s Champions League triumph implicit Bologna.

The Colombian was pictured punching his spot successful the dugout earlier kicking the seat successful beforehand of him – but Emery insisted helium had ‘no problem’ with the reaction.

‘There are [moments of] emotion and hate, sometimes! But no, I consciousness precise grateful to him, precise grateful to him and his coaching staff,’ Duran added.

‘We’ve had galore problems, but they’re normal, I think.

‘The information is, I’m precise blessed to beryllium present with him, to stock the abstraction with him, to larn from his teachings. He wants to thatch maine each the time. He’s protective, sometimes.

‘Sometimes it happens, and determination are sparks! So we’re perpetually fighting! But I deliberation it’s mean for a young antheral of my age, and a idiosyncratic similar him who already knows a lot, who has already achieved truthful galore things.

‘The information is, I consciousness very, precise grateful to beryllium successful this space, and that he’s a idiosyncratic arsenic large successful shot arsenic helium is. To larn much from him each day, and I’m precise blessed with him here.

‘Yes, sometimes we argue. Because helium has his constituent of view, I person mine, and I’ve ne'er been the 1 who stays quiet. If I person thing to say, nary substance who it is, I accidental it.’

Duran ‘likes to beryllium different’ some connected and disconnected the transportation and views Zlatan Ibrahimovic arsenic 1 of his footballing relation models.

‘I love him for his personality, his self-confidence, his scoring ability, his temper connected the pitch,’ helium continued.

And helium ever said, “Why beryllium similar everyone if you tin beryllium different?”, truthful I similar the mode helium approaches shot and life, and I similar that example.

‘I similar to beryllium different. I similar to bash what’s bully for me, what makes maine consciousness good, not what everyone wants maine to do.

‘I deliberation that’s however it’s going to beryllium until the time I’m gone. This is me.

‘I’m going to effort to bash everything to beryllium happy, and I don’t attraction what they accidental outside, it’s maine and my family, and present I am.’

Among Duran’s galore admirers is Patrick Vieira, who urged Arsenal to prosecute a determination for the striker earlier this week.

‘I loved his show against Bayern Munich,’ the ex-Arsenal skipper told bettingexpert.com.

‘He’s the close subordinate for Arsenal – quick, unselfish, coagulated successful the air, technically skilled, and intelligent successful his movement.’

Duran started and scored successful Villa’s Carabao Cup decision to Crystal Palace connected Wednesday nighttime and volition nary uncertainty beryllium hopeless to proceed his tally successful Emery’s XI astatine Spurs this weekend.

Villa person suffered conscionable 1 nonaccomplishment successful an awesome commencement to the caller Premier League play and beryllium 4th successful the array up of their travel to the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

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