Aston Villa have been the most active team on the transfer market in European football this summer, as they recently sealed another major deal by signing midfielder Amadou Onana from Everton for 50 million pounds.
Onana effectively replaces the starting position occupied by star defensive midfielder Douglas Luiz, who joined Juventus in a swap deal that brought cash, Samuel Iling-Junior, and Enzo Barrenechea to Aston Villa.
The swap deal with Juve was one thing, but now Aston Villa could complete another big move with a Serie A giant in AC Milan, taking advantage of their need for strikers.
According to a report from Sky Sport Italia, AC Milan are preparing to make a transfer approach for Aston Villa striker Jhon Duran, whom the club has been desperate to sell this summer.
Aston Villa are holding out for a whopping 40 million euros, and while several Premier League clubs in need of a striker, such as West Ham, have been interested in Duran, none of them have been remotely interested in paying 40 million euros for him.
The Lions will hope that Milan take a different view, though they are interested in three more proven strikers in Alvaro Morata, Niclas Fullkrug, and Tammy Abraham; the Morata deal may already be complete after Spain’s Euro 2024 triumph over England.
Duran scored 5 goals in 463 Premier League minutes for Aston Villa last season, though the promising 20-year-old was buried on the depth chart behind Premier League Player of the Season contender Ollie Watkins.
Milan should watch Duran as a young, intriguing striker who could be a better third option than Luka Jovic behind steely veterans like Morata and Fullkrug,
However, Milan will be careful not to overpay and have less of a budget to blow 40 million euros than, say, West Ham or Chelsea. But from Aston Villa’s perspective, another interested club is more leverage and more of a chance at making a good sale.
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