English forward, Ollie Watkins, has put pen to paper for a new, long-term contract at Aston Villa.
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| English forward, Ollie Watkins, signs new long-term contract at Aston Villa |
Watkins has been on fire for the English Premier League club since inception of the 2023/24 season.
The Englishman’s recent achievement was a beautiful hat-trick in the Premier League match against Brighton and Hove Albion on Saturday 30 September, 2023 at Villa Park.
Aston Villa whitewashed Brighton 6-1 – this triumph earned the club’s Spanish manager, Unai Emery, the League Managers Association Performance Of The Week Award.
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| English forward, Ollie Watkins, signs new long-term contract at Aston Villa |
Aston Villa announced via its official website, avfc.co.uk: “Aston Villa is delighted to announce Ollie Watkins has signed a new, long-term contract with the club!
“The striker, who yesterday received a recall to the England squad, has now scored 50 goals for Villa since joining from Brentford in 2020.
“His 15 goals last term helped fire Villa into Europe while he has reached double figures in each of his three seasons at the club – with seven to his name in all competitions so far this season, including two hat-tricks, the first Villa player to achieve the feat in the same campaign since Andy Gray in the 1970s.
“A graduate of the Exeter City Academy, he spent time in non-league football with Weston Super-Mare before impressing for the Grecians and then Brentford.”
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