Transfer Donyell Malen: Aston Villa completed the signing of the Dutch forward from Borussia Dortmund | Football news
Aston Villa have completed the signing of Donyell Malen from Borussia Dortmund in a deal worth just over £20m in total.
Villa paid an initial £21m but the deal could be worth £27.7m, including performance-related bonuses.
Malen has scored five goals in 20 games in all competitions this season for Dortmund, scoring in their last game, a 3-1 win against Wolfsburg in the Bundesliga.
The former Arsenal academy player netted a total of 39 times in 131 appearances for Dortmund in three-and-a-half years at the German giants.
The Dutchman joined Dortmund from PSV Eindhoven in July 2021 for a reported £26m, replacing Jadon Sancho who moved to Manchester United earlier that summer.
Malen spent two years in Arsenal’s academy before being sold to PSV in the summer of 2017.
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