Having joined Aston Villa in January, Jhon Durán was restricted to 124 minutes of action from 12 games in the second half of last season.
The striker’s situation has improved this season and he’s managed four goals from eight games and it includes two league goals from five substitute appearances.
Following his good run, AS in Colombia state there’s no surprise Aston Villa paid €20m to secure the 19-year-old’s services.
They say Unai Emery gave his approval to the Villans to go ahead with the operation because he has a ‘jewel’ to ‘polish’ in Durán, and his latest displays have shown it.
AS point out the role Emery had in handing debuts to both Gabriel Martinelli and Bukayo Saka at Arsenal, and a few more players at his previous clubs.
The manager is working on improving the Colombia international at Aston Villa and that has generated a lot of excitement in his country, where they have total faith in Emery helping him.
AS are of the belief Durán can progress ‘leaps and bounds’ under Emery and that has caused ‘overflowing enthusiasm’ in Colombia for him to form a partnership with Liverpool star Luis Díaz in the national team’s attack.
