Aston Villa should hijack interest in striker Karlan Grant

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Aston Villa currently sit seven points adrift of the play-off positions and will need to improve in the second half of the season if they are to drag themselves into the promotion mix.

Tammy Abraham is the club’s top scorer with 17 goals across all competitions, but he’s followed by Jonathan Kodjia (six) and defender James Chester (five).

Manager Dean Smith could do with some extra firepower and finding someone to be Abraham’s understudy make sense.

The Midlands giants should turn their attention to Charlton Athletic’s Karlan Grant, who has been in great form this season in League One.

The centre-forward has scored 14 goals and supplied five assists already this term, which makes him one of the division’s standout players.

According to the Daily Mail in its print edition (23 January, Page 65), Championship duo West Brom and Middlesbrough have joined the race to try snap up the highly-rated 21-year-old alongside Premier League club Huddersfield Town.

It is understood that his deal with Charlton expires in the summer and that £2million could be another to snap him up in January.

Villa should enter the hunt for Grant and offer him the opportunity to join them.

His £2million fee could be a major bargain if he can settle well in the Championship and repeat his goalscoring form.

The in-demand striker has good pace and is a neat finisher, while he would bring an extra option to the Villa attack.