Aston Villa are heading into the new season with Ollie Watkins, their current first choice number nine, pushing for a move to Saudi Arabia.
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Barcelona, on the other hand, have seemingly failed in their pursuit of Atletico Madrid’s Julian Alvarez, but are still in need of replacing Robert Lewandowski and Ferran Torres.
According to L’Equipe, the two clubs are ready to enter the race for Monaco and USMNT striker Folarin Balogun.
The 25-year-old had an impressive World Cup campaign, scoring three goals in his four games as the US were eliminated by Belgium in the round of 16.
It was overshadowed, however, by FIFA’s decision to ‘suspend’ his red card, picked up in the win over Bosnia, at the behest of Donald Trump.