Aston Villa and Besiktas could reportedly be set to hold talks over a swap transfer deal involving Donyell Malen and Semih Kilicsoy.
According to a report from Turkish outlet Aksam, there is interest in Kilicsoy from Villa and other Premier League clubs such as Newcastle United and Leeds United.
It seems there could also be the possibility of Villa using Malen as a makeweight in any deal for Kilicsoy this summer.
This is despite Malen only just moving to Villa Park back in January, making the move from Borussia Dortmund.
It would probably be fair to say the Netherlands international has been slightly underwhelming at Villa so far, so it perhaps makes sense that Unai Emery would be ready to let him go.
Aston Villa to offload Donyell Malen in swap transfer?
Malen had some good moments during his time at Dortmund, but he’d slightly fallen out of favour before leaving in January.
It’s now easy to see why, as he hasn’t really contributed enough for Villa, and a move to a less competitive league like the Turkish top flight could make sense as the next step for him at this stage in his career.
There’ll be some Villa fans disappointed to see Malen leave, and there might perhaps be an argument for allowing the 26-year-old to stay for a bit longer to settle in to English football a bit better.
Kilicsoy looks like an exciting talent, however, so AVFC could do well to bring him in as an upgrade for Emery’s attack.
Malen hasnt contributed enough? 3 goals in 298 minutes played in the PL, thats close to a goal a game. But didnt expect you lot to do your homework. Absolute joke.
To say Malen has been underwhelming is a nonsense. He has been very very sparingly used and surely would have shown us his best had he been given a decent run of actual starts. He has some raw power and looks a real threat when taking the ball to the opposition.
fully agree Eiving. hes been great to date and provides real threat down the side, something we were missing quite a few times this season. Emry likes to bring his players in slowly. Am sure he will play a much bigger role this season
It is an absolute joke he has never been given a chance I think it’s outrageous the way he has been treated I also think he’s as good as Watkins possibly better, but for sure we definitely need to do something about our striker situation, just look at last seasons goal difference it cost us a Champions league place. Are we going to sign new players or are we just going to carry on talking about it
That is complete and utter nonsense.. 🙄