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title: "Aston Villa won’t sign Darwin Nunez"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Crippy Cooke"
section: "Aston Villa News"
published: "2022-05-03T15:00:58Z"
modified: "2022-05-03T15:00:59Z"
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# Aston Villa won’t sign Darwin Nunez

Steven Gerrard isn’t short of strikers with Ollie Watkins, Danny Ings, Keinan Davis, Cameron Archer and Wesley Moraes to [choose](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/aston-villa/ausfallzeiten/verein/405) from at Aston Villa, but there could be an exodus this summer that leaves him short in attack – Wesley and Davis aren’t in the manager’s plans while Archer is still young and raw.

As a result, the 41-year-old is setting his sights on potential alternatives and *Josh Holland* talked up the prospect of Villa signing Benfica’s Darwin Nunez to [GiveMeSport](https://www.givemesport.com/88002103-aston-villa-could-make-outstanding-signing-in-sensational-67m-star). It’s hard to see the Midlands outfit pulling this off, however, due to his valuation, outstanding scoring record and competition for his signature.

The 22-year-old [joined](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/darwin-nunez/transfers/spieler/546543) Benfica from UD Almeria in 2020 and has gone on to make [84 appearances](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/darwin-nunez/leistungsdatenverein/spieler/546543) in all competitions, scoring 48 goals with 16 assists. Nunez has bagged 34 goals in [40 games](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/darwin-nunez/leistungsdaten/spieler/546543) across the board this season, so he’s one of the most prolific strikers in Europe.

Manchester City are one of many clubs [keen](https://www.sportsmole.co.uk/football/man-utd/transfer-talk/news/darwin-nunez-favours-man-city-over-man-united-arsenal-moves_482842.html) on the Uruguayan international, so Villa have little chance of standing up to that. There’s a matter of his lofty £60m asking price too, which would smash Villa’s [transfer record](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/aston-villa/transferrekorde/verein/405) by £25.5m.

Nunez would certainly improve Gerrard’s squad, but he might be aiming higher than the 13th-placed Villans.

***[In other news, Leon Bailey has been an expensive flop for Aston Villa](https://readastonvilla.com/2022/05/02/leon-bailey-has-been-an-expensive-flop-for-aston-villa/)***