Former Aston Villa striker Jhon Duran has joined Benfica on a season-long mortgage from Saudi Arabian facet Al-Nassr.
The Portuguese giants would be the seventh membership of Duran’s profession on the age of simply 22, following current stints with Fenerbahce and Zenit St Petersburg.
Benfica can pay a £5.19m (6.1m euros) mortgage payment for the Colombia worldwide with the choice to make the transfer everlasting for £25.5m (30m euros) on the finish of the 2026-27 season.
“I’m glad! I proceed to say that it’s the largest membership in Portugal. I’m very grateful to be right here,” mentioned Duran.
“I’ve very excessive expectations of being right here. I need to play nicely, give my all and turn into champion.”
Duran started his skilled profession with Colombian facet Envigado in 2019 earlier than incomes a transfer to MLS staff Chicago Fireplace in 2022.
He was on the transfer once more in January 2023 when he joined Aston Villa for £14m and rapidly turned a fan favorite.
A transfer to West Ham fell by means of in the summertime of 2024, however after scoring a well-known winner for Villa in opposition to Bayern Munich within the Champions League, Duran was bought to Al-Nassr for £71m in January 2025.
Regardless of scoring eight targets in 13 video games for the Saudi Arabian facet, he stayed for under half a season earlier than transferring to Fenerbahce on mortgage.
However supervisor Jose Mourinho was sacked lower than a month after Duran made his debut and the mortgage was cancelled in February 2026 so he might be a part of Zenit.
After bagging three targets in 9 video games in Russia, Duran now has the possibility to make a house at Benfica, his seventh membership within the seventh nation of his younger profession.
