Aston Villa will be on their hunt for Porto -striker Samu Aghowa -because they look unlikely to activate the £ 40 million buy option of Marcus Rashford.
Villa sent a explorer to Portugal on Friday for a different view of Aghowa, who scored twice in a 3-1 win over Multi-Irection.
The Spain Under-21 International brought Porto Vooruit in the second half with a coolness fine before he brought his seasonal task to 24 goals with a tidy near-post finish to seal the points.
Villa watches Aghowa – formerly known as Samu Omorodion – since he came to Porto from Atletico Madrid last summer.
The 20-year-old announced last November 2024 that he wanted to be known under his mother name Agohowa to honor his mother.
AGHEHOWA would sign for Chelsea last summer after the blues corrected a fee of approximately £ 35 million.
But the deal divided into the last phases and Porto bounced with an offer of £ 12.5 million for 50% of the player.
Now atletico are ready this summer to cash in their semi -share after he has seen his value twice during his short time in Portugal.
In contrast to Villa, Porto can no longer be eligible for next season's Champions League, because the gap to the top two is too large and they may have trouble resisting offers of more than £ 50 million for Aghowa.
Boss Unai Emery keeps its options open over the number nine role in Villa Park for next season.
Ollie Watkins will be 30 in December and the total costs for making lending Rashford's transfer permanent seems like a big obstacle.
Villa currently pays a fraction of the wages of the Manchester United and it would take a general edition of more than £ 100 million to pay the transfer costs and the salary for a three -year deal.
The total package for Aghehowa would entail a higher prior compensation, but Villa could spread the costs across the length of the Spaniard contract.
And the potential resale value of the 20-year-old would mean that it is unlikely that they will lose in the medium term.
Rashford damaged his hamstring in the training last week and probably seems to miss the rest of the season.
Villa would not be able to restore him on time for their last Premier League match – against his parent club in Old Trafford on 25 May.