U. Emery: "It's good for Aston Villa that J. Duran plays in Saudi Arabia"

2025-01-30 15:58 © AFP

The head coach of Birmingham's Aston Villa club, Unai Emery, assured that Ollie Watkins will not be leaving in January and revealed that he is not too upset about Jhon Duran's move to Saudi Arabia:

"I don’t want O. Watkins to leave us because he is our striker.

There is good news that he has offers from other teams, but we have our own sporting goals. Ollie Watkins is an Aston Villa striker, and we do not want to lose him."

"If J. Duran is moving abroad, then that’s fine for us, because another club is paying a lot of money... We have developed great players over the past couple of years and are receiving a good offer."

I told you after the London West Ham United match that I want Jhon Duran in this team. But what exactly does he want."

21-year-old Jhon Duran will soon transfer to Riyadh's Al-Nassr team for 77 million euros.

This season, the striker has scored 12 goals in 29 matches.