Villa chief Monchi has made headlines by claiming that they turned down as many as 40 offers for Duran in the last transfer window, and it seems Romano isn’t entirely convinced by that number.
Speaking exclusively to CaughtOffside for his latest Daily Briefing column, Romano explained that AC Milan were one other team to show an interest in the talented young Colombian forward before they decided he was too expensive and decided to sign Alvaro Morata instead.
Duran could have been an exciting signing for Chelsea, who, in the end, didn’t manage to bring in a new striker despite links with a number of players and concrete efforts to land Victor Osimhen and Samu Omorodion.