Serious Valuation Dilemma: Will West Ham Snatch Jhon Duran at a Bargain Price?

Aston Villa may be forced to lower their valuation of striker Jhon Duran and allow him to move to West Ham.

Within the past hour, transfer insider Fabrizio Romano has tweeted that the Midlands club are attempting to put together a deal for João Félix. Romano has described the deal as ‘very expensive’ but, in the same update, indicated that Colombian striker Duran is eager to move to West Ham.

As C&H reported earlier today, the club has informed us that negotiations have been ongoing for some time, and this was confirmed by Romano via his social media platform.

Villa have just agreed to the transfer of former Hammers target Amadou Onana, who has joined for £50m from Everton. Therefore, Unai Emery’s team needs to raise funds before launching a mega-money bid for Félix, who won’t come cheap.

Hopefully, this turn of events will hasten Duran’s switch from Birmingham to East London in order to fill Villa’s depleted transfer fund.