Jhon Duran of Aston Villa arrives on the stadium previous to the UEFA Champions League match in opposition to Celtic. (Picture by Julian Finney/Getty Photos)
Aston Villa, not content material with rebuffing Arsenal’s bid for Ollie Watkins, at the moment are seeking to beat the Gunners to certainly one of their January targets to interchange Jhon Duran.
In a shock transfer, Duran has agreed a cope with Al Nassr within the Saudi Professional League, giving him the chance for extra recreation time and to play alongside Cristiano Ronaldo.
Villa fancy main Arsenal goal as Duran alternative
It seems that Aston Villa may additionally signal Joao Felix from Chelsea in one other surprising January transfer.
The Midlanders switch enterprise is unlikely to finish there both.
Regardless of a number of reviews that the membership are after Bayern Munich’s Mathys Tel, The Guardian (subscription required) recommend that Villa need to gazump the Gunners – who tried to tempt Arsenal-supporting Ollie Watkins away from Villa Park this week – and signal Matheus Cunha from Wolves.
It’s understood that Cunha has been underneath critical consideration by the Gunners for a while, and it will be a shattering blow if he had been to then comply with a transfer to Villa.
With just a few days to go earlier than the window closes for enterprise till the summer season, there isn’t quite a lot of time for any golf equipment to get a deal performed, however too that Wolves are unlikely to make issues simple.
Villa need Matheus Cunha to interchange Jhon Duran
Cunha stays an important a part of their group, and even when it’s the participant’s want to depart, his present membership will need to guarantee they get one of the best worth for him.
Villa are difficult for the European locations and stay on this season’s Champions League, while Wolves are nonetheless making an attempt to tug themselves out of the spiral which sees them sitting third from backside of the Premier League desk.
To that finish, it’s clear why Cunha could take into account a transfer throughout the Midlands as an interesting one.