It's completely understandable that players from Europe's top five leagues choose to go to Saudi Arabia to pan for gold, especially some 30+ year olds who go to get a big contract to earn a pension. But former Aston Villa's talented striker Duran really took an unusual path, choosing Saudi Arabia to super gold at the age of 21 and living a rich life in advance.

In the early morning of March 11, Beijing time, in the second leg of the 1/8 finals of the AFC Champions League Elite League in West Asia, Duran scored twice to help the new club Riyadh Victory defeat Tehran Independiente (Iran) 3-0 at home, and advanced to the top 8 with an aggregate score of 3-0.

Duran came through the Nwigado academy and joined the Chicago Fire for €1.7 million in the 2022 winter window, and just a year later, Duran moved to the Premier League for €29.5 million to join Aston Villa, and became an important player under Unai Emery's tactics, with seven Premier League goals and three Champions League goals this season. But in order to obtain a higher income, Duran resolutely chose to move to the Saudi Super League to join Riyadh Victory with a sky-high transfer fee of 77 million euros in this winter window, and became teammates with Ronaldo.

Duran, 21 years old, 1.85 meters tall, left-footed center forward, has a contract with Riyadh Victory until 2030, and the German is worth 40 million euros. After Duran joined Riyadh Victory, he immediately became the team's strongest firepower, scoring 4 goals in 4 starts in 5 Saudi Super League games, and 3 appearances in the AFC Champions League, all starts, scoring 2 goals.

It is reported that Duran's weekly salary in Riyadh Victory is as high as 390,000 euros, which is really a step, and he will play until 2030 contract, Duran will have no worries about retirement, and he will only be 26 years old at that time.