Striker Tammy Abraham leaves Besiktas, set to join Aston Villa | OneFootball

Besiktas announced this Tuesday the sale of English striker Tammy Abraham for 21 million euros (about R$ 131 million) to Aston Villa, a team currently in third place in the Premier League and looking for a forward to strengthen their squad.

The Istanbul club had activated Abraham’s purchase option on Monday, after the player had played on loan from Roma during the first half of the season. That deal had reached the amount of 13 million euros (R$ 81 million).

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Abraham’s recent career

The 28-year-old player, who had been under contract with Roma since the summer of 2021, was loaned to Milan for the 2024-2025 season before moving to Turkey, where he scored 13 goals in all competitions.

The England national team striker (for whom he has played 11 matches, the last in 2022), who came up through Chelsea’s youth academy, has already played for Aston Villa in the 2018-2019 season. His 22 goals in the Championship (Second Division) helped the Birmingham club earn promotion to the Premier League.

Reinforcement for Unai Emery’s attack

Abraham arrives as an option up front alongside Ollie Watkins, the only center forward available to coach Unai Emery since Donyell Malen’s departure to Roma.

Aston Villa are third in the Premier League, four points behind leaders Arsenal, and are in second place in the Europa League ahead of Thursday’s match against Salzburg, the last round of the league phase.

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