Thuram could be Villa’s own Lewandowski

Aston Villa are reportedly concerned with signing Borussia Monchengladbach striker Marcus Thuram in January and the Frenchman may very well be Unai Emery’s personal model of Robert Lewandowski at Villa Park.

In line with reports from Italy, Villa, Crystal Palace and Arsenal are all concerned with signing the 25-year-old after his spectacular performances within the Bundesliga in current seasons.

The French striker struggled with damage issues within the final marketing campaign however has returned to the aspect with devastating impact, with nine goals and three assists in simply 14 Bundesliga appearances to date this time period.

It was prompt by The Athletic in the course of the summer time that Thuram may very well be accessible for as little as £10m as a result of his contract expiring in the summertime of 2023, which means that Villa may prise him away for the same – and even decrease – value in January.

Emery’s aspect would additionally have the ability to method the striker on a pre-contract take care of the view to signing him on a free switch subsequent summer time, which contemplating his excellent type this season, may show to be an enormous coup for Emery.

Ought to Villa signal Thuram?

The Frenchman’s unimaginable 7.42 common ranking from WhoScored is much better than anybody within the Villa squad, which emphasises the standard that he may add to Emery’s aspect.

Thuram’s electrical performances have seen him labelled as “world-class” by Wolfsburg’s sporting director  Marcel Schäfer, whereas he’s additionally statistically similar to Lewandowski, so he may very well be an unimaginable addition at Villa Park.

In line with FBRef, the legendary Polish striker is the second-most related participant to Thuram throughout Europe’s prime league, which is definitely not a nasty comparability to have given his ridiculous goalscoring type with Bayern Munich and Barcelona over the previous decade.

This season has seen the 2 strikers register very related statistics with regard to photographs on track (each 28), goal-creating actions (each seven) and dribble success price (51.2% vs 50%).

WhoScored additionally means that each Lewandowski and Thuram excel at ending and dribbling, so they’re each clearly harmful gamers within the closing third who’re equally adept at scoring and creating probabilities for teammates.

Emery would certainly be silly to show down such an in-form participant who’s statistically much like among the finest strikers on the planet, particularly contemplating he may very well be accessible for a cut-price in January, so the Spaniard ought to positively take a look at bringing Thuram to Villa Park.