Player will finally not travel to undergo Aston Villa medical – Has permission from national team to ‘sign contract’

As soon as Aston Villa announced the signing of Jhon Duran, the Colombian media soon came up with some details on that deal.

Journalist Pipe Sierra revealed that the Villans are spending US$18m (£14.75m) up front, plus US$10m (8.2m) on that transfer.

He then came up with another tweet saying Duran had been released from Colombia’s U-20 squad so he could travel to Birmingham this week and have his medicals with Aston Villa.

It turns out that Sierra is now back with a new report, this time saying the striker is not going to England just yet, but that doesn’t mean the transfer is off.

It’s now claimed that even though the Premier League side wanted the player in Birmingham immediately, the national team only agreed for the medicals to take place in Cali.

According to this story, Duran has the permission to be absent from the national team for a few days so he can sign the contract with Aston Villa.

Therefore, it seems he’ll soon be back with the international squad, perhaps delaying a little his presentation at the English club due to international commitments.