Ollie Watkins glad to stay in Aston Vili

Unai Emery confirmed that Ollie Watkins had made interest from Arsenal and wants to stay in Aston Villa.

The English International was the subject of 60 million pounds reported by Gunner earlier this week, and the news broke just a few hours before Vile 4-2 win over Celtics in the Champions League on Wednesday night, the matches in which Watkins scored and missed and the penalty .

With Jhon Duran on the verge of seal of moving in the amount of £ 64m to AL NASR, the last thing Villa should be to indicate that he also wants him. But Emery says, after talking to him, the 29-year-old is happy at Villa Park.

Emery said, “Yes, he’s happy to stay. We asked him how he feels every day and he is happy here.

“He appreciates a lot that Villa always supports him and helps him, when we joined him two years ago, how we worked with him and got the best of him.

“We need us now, as if he needed Aston Villa in recent years. I’ve been talking to him a lot, he always adapts to all the circumstances we have and, of course, when some teams call us interested in players, this is very good for us and players.

“Some players prefer to leave, and some accept them to stay here and commit with our challenges. One of them is Ollie Watkins.”

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– Aston Villa (@Avfcofficial) 31. January 2025

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