SPANISH side Villarreal are ready to wait for Blackburn forward Ben Brereton Diaz’s contract to run out.
Unai Emery’s old club are keen on the Chile international and will hold on until the summer, when he could go for free.
Brereton Diaz, 23, is happy to see out the season and bid for promotion at Rovers, while owners Venky’s will price him out of the market in January.
But Villarreal fancy their chances of landing Brereton Diaz ahead of Premier League rivals – including West Ham and Tottenham – at the end of the campaign.
The La Liga side are currently ninth in the table after an inconsistent start to the season.