Aston Villa striker Ollie Watkins could have attracted the attention of several Premier League outfits, as transfer insider Dean Jones provides GIVEMESPORT with “messages coming out” of Villa Park.
Unai Emery has got the best out of the centre-forward during his stint as Villans head coach.
Aston Villa transfer news – Ollie Watkins
Watkins has enjoyed a successful three years since moving from Brentford to Aston Villa in 2020 in a deal worth £33m. The 27-year-old has hit the back of the net 46 times and provided 15 assists in 122 appearances for the Villans, preserving the club’s Premier League status in his first two seasons.
Last season, the Torquay-born star bagged 15 goals and registered six assists in the Premier League as Villa recovered from a stuttering start to finish seventh, securing a place in this season’s Europa Conference League. Watkins’ first-leg hat-trick in a 5-0 play-off shellacking of Scottish Premiership outfit Hibernian made the 3-0 victory in the second leg a formality, placing Villa in the competition’s group stages.
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Though yet to score in the Premier League this season, Watkins has provided two assists as Villa make a mixed start to their domestic campaign after earning comfortable victories against Everton and Burnley, either side of being soundly beaten at Newcastle United and Liverpool.
Watkins’ goalscoring form over the last 12 months is sure to have attracted interest in his services across the Premier League and Europe.
What has Jones said about Aston Villa and Watkins?
Jones has heard messages from the club that Villa are happy with Watkins as their main centre-forward, but the Villans must consider tying him down to a new deal before he reaches the final 18 months of his £75,000 per-week contract in January. The transfer insider told GIVEMESPORT:
What clubs have expressed an interest in signing Watkins?
Villa got through the summer transfer window, having had to fend off relatively little interest in the services of Watkins. Jones told GIVEMESPORT in June that sources inside Chelsea were baffled that head coach Mauricio Pochettino was not making an active move to sign Watkins at Stamford Bridge this summer. The Blues have acquired the services of RB Leipzig’s Christopher Nkunku and Villarreal’s Nicolas Jackson, rendering a play for Watkins as unlikely unless they can further balance their books in the January transfer window.
Meanwhile, Tottenham Hotspur could be an option for the former Exeter City star after Spurs sold club record goalscorer Harry Kane to Bayern Munich during the summer market without replacing him with an out-and-out number nine.
In June, The Athletic reported that Watkins, valued at £70m according to journalist Pete O’Rourke, was seen as a low-risk striker option by Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag. The Red Devils had allowed Wout Weghorst to depart after his unsuccessful loan move to Old Trafford and were in the market for a centre-forward. However, the Manchester giants turned to Atalanta’s Rasmus Hojlund, ruling another Premier League club out of Watkins’ signature.
Meanwhile, reports before the summer transfer window opened in April claimed Bayern Munich were interested in acquiring the England international’s services during the market. But the Bundesliga champions signed Three Lions teammate Kane instead, meaning that the pieces of the puzzle haven’t fallen into place for Watkins to leave Villa Park, and the striker remains in the West Midlands following the market’s closure.
Therefore, Villa hope to secure Watkins’ future before the January market as they look ahead to an exciting season under Emery.
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