aston villa Have innate talent. They currently have two outstanding centers in their lineup in Ollie Watkins and John Dolan. Two people have This season is already a hitIt’s been an underwhelming campaign for Villa so far.

The pair are Villa Park’s top scorers in all competitions this season. Colombia international Duran has scored 12 goals, while England center Watkins, who scored in the Euro 2024 semi-finals, has scored eight. Morgan Rogers has scored seven times and is the only player with more than five goals.

Incredibly, Villa are looking to add depth to their forward ranks during the January transfer window.

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The player in question here is French young forward Thidiam Gomis. The 18-year-old has impressed for Ligue 2 side Caen and is now linked with a move to some of Europe’s biggest clubs.

According to a report in The AthleticVilla are one of the teams chasing the young attacker and actually appear to be leading the race to sign him. They are believed to be in “advanced talks” to bring the 18-year-old to the West Midlands.

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As for other teams believed to be interested, German team Red Bull Leipzig and Italian giants AC Milan are also in the race. According to Florian Plettenberg a few weeks ago. It looks like Villa will sign him. The fee is unknown at this stage but his contract expires this summer, which could leave Emery’s side with little to lose.

Why Gomis could be a good signing

There is no doubt that the players Villa have signed are not only for the future, but even more important than the present. Plettenberg describes Gomis as a “top talent” who will undoubtedly live up to expectations in a Caen shirt throughout the 2024/25 season.

Gomis, 18, has scored two goals this season in Ligue 2 with French club Caen and Real Madrid star Kylian Mbappe 18 league appearances. He has played 1,004 minutes this season, which equates to 11 full 90-minute games.

He also made history for France in the 2023/24 season, scoring twice in the final game of the season. He became Caen’s youngest player at the age of 17 years, 9 months and 19 days, an impressive achievement.

Despite Gomis’s inexperience, he could certainly make an impact at Villa Park this season if they decide to give him the opportunity. his Statistics on Sofascore The performance was eye-catching, creating two excellent opportunities and averaging 1.3 dribbles per game.

Gomis could form a lethal partnership with Villa’s latest recruit, Donyel Mullen. Tuesday night, They confirmed the signature The Dutchman comes from Borussia Dortmund, although the deal will not affect the Frenchman’s transfer.

The former Arsenal academy product can both score and assist in attack and can play anywhere in the front line. His best season was in 2020/21 with his former Dutch club PSV Eindhoven, scoring 19 goals and providing 8 assists in 32 games.

With those numbers, he could link up well with Gomis and could become a key provider of goals for the youngster. The Frenchman averages 1.2 shots per game and has already scored twice this season, a number that is likely to only increase with Mullen’s obvious creativity.

The same can be said another way, with Gomis showing in the past that he can be someone who can create chances even if he has yet to register an assist this season. However, considering Mullen has a career-high 19 goals in a single season, the assists may start to pour in for the Caen youngster.

All things considered, this appears to be a risk-free deal for Villa. He’ll likely cost little or nothing, and as the statistics show, he clearly has talent waiting to be discovered. If he forms a partnership with the likes of Mullen, or Watkins and Duran, it could be fatal for Villa.

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