Aston Villa enter race for Man United summer striker target Samu Aghehowa | OneFootball

Aston Villa have joined the race for Manchester United target Samu Aghehowa.

The Red Devils have had major problems finding the back of the net all season and they have been rumoured to be heavily interested in signing a striker this summer to help alleviate this issue.

United have been linked to more expensive strikers like Victor Osimhen and Viktor Gyokeres but there have been doubts placed upon whether the Old Trafford side could afford to do a deal for either player.

As a result, it has been suggested that United will pursue younger and cheaper alternatives with Ipswich Town’s Liam Delap mentioned as a potential target, especially if the Tractor Boys get relegated, which would lower his asking price.

Ruben Amorim’s side have also been linked to FC Porto striker Aghehowa as a potential signing to share the goalscoring burden and scouts have been keeping up-to-date with his progress.

United are likely to face competition for his signature and CaughtOffside reports that this comes from Premier League rivals Aston Villa.

“Villa are set to enter the market for a new striker in the summer, with Porto front-man Samu Aghehowa emerging as a transfer target to replace Jhon Duran,” the outlet reports.

In fact, there are a host of Premier League clubs hot on his tail such as long-time admirers Chelsea, Arsenal and West Ham United.

“One issue, however, is that Aghehowa is now valued as highly as €50million, so it remains to be seen which clubs will be able or willing to meet that asking price.”

The Spanish forward only joined Porto from Atletico Madrid last summer, but he has smashed in 19 goals in 31 games in all competitions.

United found out all about the physically imposing striker in the 3-3 draw in the Europa League in October when he made life impossible for Matthijs de Ligt and Lisandro Martinez as he scored a brace in the match.

If Ruben Amorim’s side want to get a deal done for the breakout 20 year old, they will need to act fast to counter fierce competition from their league rivals.

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