Barcelona, Chelsea Target Aston Villa Star While PSG Consider £60 Million Move | OneFootball

During the summer, Paris Saint-Germain explored several options to bolster their attack for the 2024-25 season, with Aston Villa’s Jhon Durán emerging as a potential target.

In October, Eduardo Burgos of Diario AS reported that both PSG and Bayern Munich had submitted offers for Durán during the summer transfer window, but Aston Villa turned them down.

Manager Unai Emery is said to view the 21-year-old forward as a crucial part of the club’s long-term plans. More recently, Football Insider claimed that PSG are preparing a major cash-plus-player swap deal involving Randal Kolo Muani and Durán.

Last month, Fichajes reported that PSG are ready to open negotiations with Aston Villa, starting with a proposed €60 million bid.

How much are PSG willing to pay for Jhon Durán?

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CaughtOffside reported on Thursday, citing sources, that PSG have yet to decide whether to meet Aston Villa’s £60 million asking price for the forward, as the Ligue 1 club is still assessing Duran’s potential.

The report also mentions that Barcelona, Napoli, Arsenal, Chelsea, and Bayern Munich have all inquired about the terms of a possible deal.

Amid rumors connecting Durán to PSG, French football expert Jonathan Johnson shared his thoughts on the Colombian and the qualities he could bring to the Parisians if they decide to pursue him. However, Johnson made it clear that a deal is unlikely to happen in January.

“There is a very talented player,” Johson said about Durán on the latest PSG Talking podcast. “Technically, I’d probably rate him above Kolo Muani, but certainly in terms of being a reliable presence in front of goal and having the ability to hit the target and score regularly. I think he has a lot more variety, and he would boost PSG’s chances of scoring.

“Whether or not he takes well to the way Luis Enrique sets the team up, we’d have to see how it could work. But I think being coached by someone who speaks Spanish; you can look at the impact it’s had under Unai Emery this season in getting him to understand the super sub role.

“I don’t think he’d come into a potential PSG move expecting to start. But I do think there is an element of Durán seeing himself at a top European club like PSG, not necessarily before the end of the season, but possibly from this summer onwards. So the timing almost lines up.”