Aston Villa is looking at Spain International Samu Aghehowa as a potential transfer option to strengthen their attack this summer.
Unai Emery assesses his transfer options in Villa Park while he plans for changes in his team for the 2025/26 campaign.
Emery's transfer budget depends on Villa that reaches the UEFA Champions League qualifiers before the end of the campaign and are currently confronted with a real fight in the Run-in.
That will decide which goals the Spanish coach can pursue and who should be overlooked because of finance.
Loan couple Marco Asensio and Marcus Rashford also have the chance to stay in the club, with the latter as more likely, but Emery is still not fully convinced.
This can lead to Emery viewing Porto -Spits Aghowa in 2025, according to reports from the Portuguese Outlet -Record, where De La Roja is also ahead of Newcastle's Radar to possibly replace Alexander Isak.
Aghehowa chose to leave Atletico Madrid last summer, after he was not convinced to his first team role under Diego Simeone, but the rumor is that Los Rojiblancos still has a 50% sales costs for his £ 82.5 million release clause in Portugal.
22 goals in 38 games in all competitions is a strong return for the 20-year-old, because in the coming years he will be the first choice of Spain in the first choice.
The report claims that Villa and Newcastle have sent both scouts to keep an eye on the progress of Aghowa in recent weeks while assessing their next step.
Porto will want to protect a huge reimbursement for their star striker, but the club can also exercise its right to buy 30% more of its rights from Atletico Madrid before entering sales conversations to ensure that they receive more from a potential transfer output.
Porto is also fighting for Champions League qualification for next season, and that will strengthen their chance to retain Aghehowa, because Villa will not pay its full exit clause.