A second-half goal from Ollie Watkins against his former team proved to be the difference as Aston Villa picked up a much-needed Premier League victory over Brentford. Villa ran out 1-0 winners at the Gtech Community Stadium courtesy of Watkins’ strike on 49-minutes to give Unai Emery’s side just a second league win in eight…
Paige Bueckers is one of college basketball’s biggest stars. She has thrived since joining the UConn Huskies and is aiming for her first national championship. The 2021 National Player of the Year caught up with Isis “Ice” Young to discuss a variety of topics, including NIL, and Bueckers explained how life-changing it has been. “Since…
Aston Villa will attempt to avoid becoming the third team to suffer a surprise home defeat to Cardiff City in this season’s FA Cup when the teams meet in the fifth round on Friday (8pm GMT). The second-lowest placed team left in the competition beat fellow Championship strugglers Stoke City in the fourth round, and…
In a move that would replace Jhon Duran, Aston Villa are now reportedly stepping up their chase to sign a £42m striker who’s outscored Ollie Watkins so far this season. Aston Villa transfer news After a blockbuster January transfer window saw the likes of Marcus Rashford and Marco Asensio arrive on loan, Aston Villa looked…
Aston Villa failed to beat ten-man Ipswich Town over the weekend, drawing 1-1 at Villa Park, leaving them ninth in the Premier League after 25 games played, having won ten times, drawn eight times and lost seven times, accumulating 38 points so far. Despite generating 2.42 xG in the game, taking 25 shots in the…
Aston Villa will have Ollie Watkins and Tyrone Mings available when they host Ipswich on Saturday. Both missed last Sunday’s FA Cup fourth round victory over Tottenham at Villa Park and hand Unai Emery a big boost, but the Villans are stil without five other key players. Matty Cash, Pau Torres, Amadou Onana, Ross Barkley…
Aston Villa are now weighing up a move to sign a free-scoring striker this summer as they look to add more firepower to their ranks in the wake of Jhon Duran’s exit, it has been reported, with the Villans one of two Premier League clubs showing an interest. Aston Villa’s striker problems Forwards dominated Aston…
Aston Villa Unai Emery is looking forward to the “exciting” challenge of helping January signing Marcus Rashford back to his previous heights. Rashford joined Villa on loan from Manchester United until the end of the season in the final days of the January window after falling out of favour under Red Devils boss Ruben Amorim….
After turning down Arsenal’s shock late bid to sign Ollie Watkins, Aston Villa are now reportedly facing a fresh fight to keep hold of another one of Unai Emery’s top talents. Aston Villa transfer news The Villans came out of the January transfer window on the winning side. Despite losing Jhon Duran to Al-Nassr in…
Arsenal’s hunt for a new striker has led them to Aston Villa star man Ollie Watkins, with Mikel Arteta’s side having a £60m bid rejected earlier this week. The Englishman has been a constant source of goals for Unai Emery’s side in 2024/25, registering 11 goals and ten assists in 32 matches across all competitions….
Unai Emery has confirmed Ollie Watkins is “happy” to stay at Aston Villa after the club rejected a bid from Arsenal for the striker. Arsenal have had a bid for Watkins knocked back and, with his fellow striker Jhon Duran poised to move to Saudi Arabian club Al Nassr, Villa will not allow the England…
Mikel Arteta confirmed Arsenal were actively looking to bring in a striker before Monday’s transfer deadline but refused to discuss reports of a bid for Aston Villa’s Ollie Watkins. Suggestions the Gunners had offered £60m for the England international surfaced just hours before Villa’s crunch Champions League game with Celtic on Wednesday night, a game…
Arsenal are reportedly preparing an improved bid for Aston Villa striker Ollie Watkins in a late scramble to secure an attacking January reinforcement. News broke on Wednesday evening that the Gunners had tabled a £60m offer for the 29-year-old forward. Aston Villa firmly rebuffed that proposal and were said to be “angry” with Arsenal’s approach…
Aston Villa boss Unai Emery was grilled on the futures of Ollie Watkins and Jhon Duran after Wednesday’s 4-2 win over Celtic. Both strikers were sensationally linked with moves away from the club inthe build-up to their crucial Champions League clash, with Watkins the subject of a bid from Premier Leagie rivals Arsenal – which…
Unai Emery refused to discuss transfer speculation surrounding Ollie Watkins and Jhon Duran after Aston Villa secured their place in the Champions League round of 16 with a pulsating 4-2 win over Celtic tonight. Morgan Rogers scored a hat-trick for the home side with Watkins also on target, just hours after news emerged that Villa…
The Championship is the perfect breeding ground for clubs to sign players at a relatively modest price and develop them before selling for a vast fortune to teams in the Premier League looking to strengthen. Previously, only those lingering at the bottom of the top flight would poach players who had shone in the league…
Ollie Watkins looked at videos to spot the Everton defensive weakness that allowed him to score the winner in Aston Villa’s 1-0 Premier League win at Goodison Park. England forward Watkins collected Morgan Rogers’ pass and slotted past goalkeeper Jordan Pickford in the 51st minute as Villa won away in the league for the first…
Ollie Watkins’ cool 51st-minute finish consigned Everton to defeat on David Moyes’ return for his second spell as manager at Goodison Park. England forward Watkins collected Morgan Rogers’ incisive pass and produced a composed strike to beat the advanced Jordan Pickford as Villa secured their third consecutive win in all competitions. The Villans rose above…
Ollie Watkins broke the deadlock on David Moyes’ return to Everton to give Aston Villa a 51st-minute lead at Goodison Park in the Premier League. England forward Watkins collected Morgan Rogers’ perceptive pass and slotted past advanced goalkeeper Jordan Pickford for his ninth goal of the season. “Is that not just Villa at their best?”…
Aston Villa waved goodbye to an excellent 2024 by picking up a 2-2 draw versus Brighton and Hove Albion, which would have been a welcome point to collect back on home soil after losing 3-0 to Newcastle United on the road. It could well have been all three points if it wasn’t for Tariq Lamptey’s…
