Aston Villa will now hold “conversations” at Villa Park regarding a £70 million star.
Ollie Watkins, a striker for Aston Villa, has been a crucial part of Unai Emery’s success at Villa Park.
Ollie Watkins of Aston Villa may have caught the interest of a number of Premier League teams, according to transfer source Dean Jones, who tells GIVEMESPORT about “messages coming out” of Villa Park.
During his time as the head coach of Villans, Unai Emery has gotten the most out of the center-forward.
Ollie Watkins has transferred to Aston Villa.
Watkins has had a fruitful three years since arriving to Aston Villa from Brentford in a £33 million transfer in 2020. In 122 games for the Villans, the 27-year-old has scored 46 goals and contributed 15 assists, helping to keep the team in the Premier League for the past two seasons.
The Torquay-born player helped Villa come back from a slow start to finish seventh last season, earning them a spot in this season’s Europa Conference League. He scored 15 goals and provided six assists in the Premier League. The 5-0 play-off thrashing of Scottish Premiership team Hibernian by Watkins made the 3-0 victory in the return leg a foregone conclusion, advancing Villa to the competition’s group stages.
Watkins hasn’t scored in the Premier League yet this year, but he’s helped Villa out with two assists as they’ve had a mixed start to their domestic campaign with wins over Everton and Burnley sandwiched between thrashings at Newcastle United and Liverpool.
Watkins’ goal-scoring performance over the last 12 months has undoubtedly sparked curiosity in the Premier League and throughout Europe
Premier League top scorers for 2022–2023
Player
Goals
Manchester City’s Erling Haaland
36
(Tottenham Hotspur) Harry Kane
30
Brandon’s Ivan Toney
20
Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah
19
United by Newcastle’s Callum Wilson
18
Manchester United’s Marcus Rashford
16
Arsenal’s Gabriel Martinelli
15
Ollie Watkins, an Aston Villa player
15
Aston Villa’s Martin Odegaard
15
Fulham’s Aleksandar Mitrovic
14
Arsenal’s Bukayo Saka
14
According to Premier League statistics, all data
