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Aston Villa Jhon Duran striker has joined Saudi Pro League Club al-Nasesr for a complement to more than 65 million more.
The 21 -year -old Colombia, leaves Villa two years after joining the Premier League club of the MLS Chicago Fire team, after having made 78 appearances and scored 20 goals.
Duran will join the Captain of Portugal team, Cristiano Ronaldo, after Al-Noser chose to sign him on Victor Boniface of Bayer Leverkusen.
Aston Villa can confirm that Jhon Durán has joined Al Nassr for an unleashed rate.
Everyone in Aston Villa wishes to wish him the best in the next step of his professional career. pic.twitter.com/du26gbkuav
– Aston Villa (@avfcoficial) January 31, 2025
Jhon Duran Transfer Statistics
Duran’s alleged rate makes it the second most expensive player that the town has sold, only eclipsed by Manchester City of £ 100 million paid by Jack Grealish in August 2021.
He has scored 12 goals in all competitions in 2024/25 and had appeared in the 26 games of Villa before meeting a suspension of three games for a red card in Newcastle on December 26.
Initially, Duran proved to be a highly effective substitute with goals from the bank in four of his first five games of the Premier League season, acting as an occasional partner and replacement for England Ollie Watkins international.
A number that has history and glory in Alnssr 🌟
The iconic No. 9 is back! 🔥#Duranisyellow pic.twitter.com/ptyvfllhts– Alnssr FC (@alnassrfc_en) January 31, 2025
Villa: Duran Transfer ‘Good Money’
The manager of Villa, Unai Emery, kept Duran, who had not scored in almost three hours of football, as an unused substitute for the 4-2 house victory over Celtic in the Champions League on Wednesday in the midst of speculation about his future.
“If he leaves, it’s because he wants to (doing it),” Emery said after Villa described for the last 16. “I told you last week that I loved him here.
“We are different people, different objectives. The club is working and we have to be intelligent in the market. Our goal here is to keep our structure because we want to maintain the high level, and maybe we have to sell to some players.
“I don’t know exactly until everything is done if Jhon Duran leaves or not, but if he does, it will be good news for us because it is good money.”
From England to Saudi Arabia: Welcome to Alnssr, John Durán! 🏟️🔥 pic.twitter.com/v1ltvu6sdk
– Alnssr FC (@alnassrfc_en) January 31, 2025
Duran, Ronaldo aims to lift Nassr
Al-Nassr turned Cristiano Ronaldo into the highest player in Saudi football when he joined them with a salary reported more than 160 million in 2024.
Duran’s new teammates also include the twice African footballer of the year Sadio Mane, who Shared the Golden Boot of the Premier League 2018/19 For six years with Liverpool in which each important English trophy and the Champions League raised.
Despite their star names and vast wealth, Al-Nassr has not yet won the Saudi title since Ronaldo joined them, finishing 14 points behind the Al-Hilal champions in 2023/24.
They are eight points behind the queen champions with 16 games to play this time, after having replaced the manager Luis Castro with the former chief of AC Milan Stefano Pioli in September.
