In-form Aston Villa striker Jhon Duran has signed a brand new contract to maintain him on the membership till 2030.
The 20-year-old Colombian has been in sensational type this season, scoring the one objective in Villa’s well-known victory over Bayern Munich within the Champions League final Wednesday.
Duran has chipped in with six targets in all competitions already this time period, netting profitable targets in opposition to West Ham, Leicester and Everton.
The striker, who joined from Chicago Hearth in 2023, has discovered his ft in Unai Emery’s facet this season after being closely linked with a transfer away from Villa Park in the summertime.
He was public about his need to go away the membership, with each West Ham and Chelsea believed to be chasing the proficient teen however studies of as many as 40 groups credited with an curiosity.
Duran is but to start out within the Premier League forward of first-choice Ollie Watkins however calls are rising for Emery to play the pair up entrance collectively after the Colombia worldwide’s beautiful impression.
Aston Villa is delighted to announce that Jhon Durán has signed a brand new contract with the membership!
— Aston Villa (@AVFCOfficial) October 7, 2024
Duran’s sensational begin
Duran’s time seemed to be up at Villa throughout the summer time, along with his public requires a transfer away seeing him bear the brunt from disgruntled supporters.
However with a transfer not materialising, the frontman has proven precisely why he felt so passionately that he needs to be Villa’s beginning No9.
Inside seconds of being launched at West Ham on the primary day, he dealt a killer blow to the membership he almost joined to safe a 2-1 victory earlier than doing the identical with a superb header of their subsequent away journey at Leicester.
Duran’s extraodinary expertise was on present as soon as once more versus Everton, letting fly with an outragerous long-range strike into the highest nook to make himself the hero once more in a 3-2 win.
One other close-range objective off the bench adopted in opposition to Wolves earlier than he netted yet one more objective which proved to be decisive within the Carabao Cup in opposition to Wycombe.
However it’s Duran’s most up-to-date objective which has seen him explode onto the world stage in addition to write himself into Villa folklore.
But once more ranging from the bench in opposition to German giants Bayern Munich within the Champions League, Duran noticed Manuel Neuer off his line earlier than discovering the online with an excellent first-time lob to safe a well-known win.
After £40million was reportedly sufficient to land the starlet in the summertime, Duran’s begin to the season plus his new deal suggests it should take much more to prize him away from Emery’s facet now.
Jhon Durán. 2030. Aston Villa. pic.twitter.com/Q2HAoFuIV5
— Aston Villa (@AVFCOfficial) October 7, 2024
