Aston Villa have emerged as front-runners to sign striker Samu Omorodion from Atletico Madrid after his move to Chelsea broke down.
That’s according to Spanish outlet to ElDesmarque who say the Claret & Blues are willing to pay €35million for the highly-rated 20-year-old who was part of Spain’s gold medal winning team at the Paris Olympics.
The former Sevilla and Granada trainee, who moved to Atletico Madrid almost exactly a year ago, looked as though he would be part of the initial transfer talks between Chelsea and Atletico when
Indeed it is claimed Chelsea reached a €40m agreement and Omorodion had even passed his medical before things broke down. Gallagher eventually did end up with Diego Simeone’s team – but it was Joao Felix who came the other way, leaving Omorodion’s future up in the air after he was left out of Atleti’s 2-2 draw with Villarreal on Monday.
The piece claims Real Sociedad and West Ham are also ‘on the horizon’ but reckons Villa have ‘stepped up to take the striker’, citing the fact he is liked by Monchi and Unai Emery.
Villa currently have Ollie Watkins and Jhon Duran, who after a rollercoaster summer of transfer speculation, scored the winner in the first Premier League game at West Ham at the weekend.
