West Ham make shock £57m bid to sign Arsenal and Chelsea target

West Ham person submitted an astonishing £57million bid successful bid to motion Jhon Duran – a apical transportation people for Arsenal and Chelsea.

Duran is enjoying a large play astatine Aston Villa, with 12 goals successful 27 games crossed each competitions.

More impressively, the 21-year-old has achieved this contempt being second-choice striker down Ollie Watkins, with conscionable 7 of those appearances coming from the start.

It works retired arsenic a extremity each 82 minutes, and that signifier has attracted overmuch involvement from astir the Premier League.

Chelsea person agelong been linked with the Colombian, who moved to Villa Park from Chicago Fire successful January 2023, and came adjacent to signing him for £42million past summer.

West Ham besides had a bid rejected past summer, portion reports assertion Arsenal approached Villa successful October soon aft the striker signed a caller five-and-a-half twelvemonth contract.

Arsenal are looking for a caller goalscorer to revive their season, portion Chelsea whitethorn beryllium successful the marketplace for a centre-forward if Christopher Nkunku leaves for Bayern Munich.

But successful bid to get up of their section rivals, The Athletic report that West Ham are hopeless to lure Duran to the London stadium and person made different authoritative offer.

The £57m bid is astir treble what they offered past play but inactive falls abbreviated of Villa’s £75m valuation and is expected to beryllium rejected.

The Irons are enduring a hard season, languishing successful 14th successful the Premier League, with Graham Potter precocious replacing Julen Lopetegui successful the dugout.

Goals person been hard to travel by and with the objection of the struggling Danny Ings, the squad don’t person immoderate centre-forwards available.

Summer signing Niklas Fullkrug is retired with a hamstring injury, portion skipper Jarrod Bowen is sidelined acknowledgment to a fractured foot.

Veteran Michail Antonio was progressive successful a horrific car clang successful December and portion helium has been discharged from hospital, the 34-year-old is not expected backmost connected the transportation until adjacent season.

It looks to beryllium a engaged January transportation model for West Ham who person besides been linked with Manchester United wantaway Marcus Rashford and Chelsea’s Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall.

Ironically, the Hammers’ adjacent crippled volition beryllium connected Sunday erstwhile they question to Duran’s Aston Villa.

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