FC Porto’s Samu Aghehowa has been on Aston Villa’s transfer radar for several months.
On February 19th, AS stated Unai Emery has identified the 20-year-old as a target to replace Jhon Durán in the summer window. The 21-year-old Colombian left Villa Park to join Al-Nassr in the winter market.
Last week, we covered claims from Portugal that an Aston Villa scout was in attendance to follow Porto’s 3-1 win over Moreirense. Aghehowa will have impressed the Villans official by scoring a brace, and it seem that scouting trip has given birth to multiple stories in the UK media.
The latest claims from the UK have stated Aston Villa have decided not to retain Marcus Rashford, currently on loan from Manchester United, and decided to bet on Aghehowa.
Correio da Manhã relay that and point out the Spain international has ‘a lot of room’ for improvement. Due to his physicality, potential and profile, he could shine if he were to move to the Premier League.
Porto invested €15m to buy 50% of the striker’s rights from Atlético Madrid last summer and the report adds they can acquire an additional 30% for €10m.
With Aston Villa paying attention, the newspaper adds the frontman has a €100m release clause in his contract.
A Bola also relay claims from England that Aston Villa sent an official to watch Aghehowa live in action last week.
Emery’s side aren’t the only English club to look at him, but A Bola state his €100m clause ‘keep some sharks away for now’.
It’s not clear whether Aston Villa are one of them and if they need to sign the long-term target, they have to spend big.
