‘The real deal’ – Arsenal urged to ‘take a chance’ on former Chelsea and West Ham target

Arsenal person been urged to ‘take a chance’ connected Premier League prima Jhon Duran pursuing his superb commencement to the play for Aston Villa.

Duran, who was linked with Chelsea and West Ham implicit the summer, has scored 5 goals successful 8 games truthful acold this season, helping Villa proceed their awesome signifier aft they finished 4th past term.

Manchester United fable Dwight Yorke says Duran, 20, already looks similar ‘the existent deal’ and believes a apical broadside similar Arsenal should ‘take a chance’ connected the Colombian.

Duran has lone made 41 appearances successful the English top-flight but Yorke already rates him arsenic 1 of the champion strikers successful the Premier League, on with Manchester City superstar Erling Haaland and Villa team-mate Ollie Watkins.

While not an contented astatine present, Watkins’ important power astatine Villa Park could person ramifications for Duran further down the enactment arsenic helium is yet to commencement successful the Premier League this season, with Unai Emery facing a conflict to support some strikers blessed and satisfied with their game-time.

As a subordinate who Yorke regards arsenic ‘a spot antithetic from the rest’, Duran would not beryllium abbreviated of imaginable suitors and could beryllium an enactment for title-chasing Arsenal.

Despite recommendations from respective pundits, Arsenal failed to motion a caller striker implicit the summer, with Kai Havertz continuing to impressment up top and uncovering enactment from the returning Gabriel Jesus.

But Yorke says the Gunners are inactive lacking an ‘outstanding fig nine’ and believes Duran would beryllium an perfect summation to Mikel Arteta’s squad.

Asked who helium rates arsenic the champion strikers successful the Premier League, Yorke told Prime Casino: ‘I deliberation Erling Haaland, he’s the No. 1 for sure.

‘I deliberation Ollie Watkins volition get a mention, due to the fact that he’s consistent. And the 3rd one, I similar different lad astatine Villa – Jhon Duran.

‘He looks a existent fistful and a spot antithetic from the rest. He’s got that bully beingness astir him. I would instrumentality a accidental connected him, helium looks similar the existent deal.

‘What I look for is radical who are hungry, and he’s got that. In presumption of the large boys, Arsenal haven’t got an outstanding No. 9.

‘At Liverpool, I similar Darwin Nunez and radical spell connected astir him missing chances, but I similar his beingness and what helium brings.

‘He needs to get a spot much assured successful beforehand of goal. He’s got each the attributes. He’s inactive comparatively young and tin lone get better.

‘I besides similar Alexander Isak. There’s the feline astatine Ipswich, Liam Delap, he’s a existent astonishment player.

‘Watching him against Villa the different day, I was truly impressed, helium looks a handful. You can’t conscionable spell by 1 game, but helium looks a threat.’

Arsenal are presently 3rd successful the Premier League – 1 constituent down aboriginal pace-setters Liverpool – arsenic they look to extremity a 21-year hold for a league title.

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