Tammy Abraham transfer state of play as Aston Villa 'aware' of £20m demand

Tammy Abraham will be allowed to leave AS Roma this summer and Aston Villa are said to be aware of the situation.

Roma are reportedly willing to part with Abraham for around £20m this summer, three years after he joined the club from Chelsea. The 25-year-old bagged 17 goals in his first Serie A campaign at Roma and also lifted the Europa Conference League under Jose Mourinho.

The following season, Abraham scored eight goals in 38 league appearances, but suffered a cruciate ligament injury in the final match of the campaign . It ruled him out for 10 months as he returned to action at the back end of last season in Roma's 1-0 win over rivals Lazio at the Stadio Olimpico.

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He started two of Roma's final eight league games and scored once, in the 2-2 draw with Napoli. Abraham also featured in both of Roma's Europa League quarter-final and semi-final legs against AC Milan and Bayer Leverkusen respectively.

The Telegraph claim West Ham, Tottenham Hotspur and Villa are all in the market for strikers this summer, and are all aware Abraham could be attainable. They add that Villa would only seriously try to fill the striker position if Jhon Duran moves on.

Chelsea were granted permission to speak with Duran earlier this month, but the Blues appear to be no closer to signing the Villa striker. Villa had agreed a deal with Chelsea for the Colombia international and Duran wants to move to Stamford Bridge.

There is no shortage of interest in the 20-year-old, who could depart for a sizeable fee. It would leave a big gap in Villa's squad as they would have nobody to back-up Ollie Watkins.

Villa are also said to have a concrete interest in Hoffenheim's Maximilian Beier, who has a release clause of around £25m. Beier and Abraham are two very different profiles of player, so it is unclear whether Villa could facilitate moves for both.

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