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Watkins has been linked with a move to a top caliber side in recent months, with Arsenal among the teams rumored to be interested in his signature.
Aston Villa head coach Unai Emery has insisted that the club want to keep hold of Olie Watkins by any means necessary in order to help the club achieve its objectives under his tutelage.
The England international striker has been in lethal form for Villa this season, scoring 11 premier league goals so far this calendar year.
In the aftermath of Villa’s 3-0 win over Newcastle United, a game where Watkins totally tormented the Magpies defence, scoring twice and assisting once, Emery said that the club wanted to keep him by any means necessary.
“"He’s very professional and he likes to work every day more than the team is doing", he said,”"we want to keep him."
Watkins now looks every inch the ideal Premier League center-forward he has always threatened to become.
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16:07 - 15.04.2023
Aston Villa made Newcastle United look ordinary, Premier League legend declares
The Premier League and Newcastle United legend believes his former club escaped a major hammering from Aston Villa.
Watkins gave a complete performance for a striker at Villa Park on Saturday. He dropped deep to link the play, dashed in behind for balls over the top and drifted into the channels.
Watkins would have had a hat-trick before his goals were it not for the spidery legs of Nick Pope, which denied two of his fierce efforts, and his own knobbly knee, which protruded the wrong side of the VAR line.
Watkins’ tenth goal in his last 12 games illustrated perfectly his complete dominance of the Newcastle defenders.
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12:06 - 10.04.2023
FOOTBALL Where Arsenal and Man City will likely win or lose the Premier League title
The Gunners are not involved in any other competition but the Cityzens still have Champions League and FA Cup assignments.
He came off Fabian Schar and the backline to play Emi Buendia’s pass into John McGinn, then moved away from the center-backs in the penalty area, and with his back to goal, controlled, swiveled and shot past Pope with Dan Burn at his back.
Watkins has been linked with a move to a top caliber side in recent months, with league leaders Arsenal among the teams rumored to be interested in the Torquay-born striker.
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17:30 - 11.04.2023
PREMIER LEAGUE Kinyanjui: Arsenal fans be warned! why Manchester City’s priority is to win Premier League
Arsenal fans need to be warned! Manchester City still wants this title more than anything.
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