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Unai Emery has total trust in Aston Villa’s deputy goalkeeper Robin Olsen

Aston Villa boss Unai Emery says he has full faith in deputy goalkeeper Robin Olsen going into Thursday’s Europa League Conference semi-final first leg with Olympiacos. The Sweden international will play as number one Emiliano Martinez is suspended after picking up three yellow cards in the competition so far, with two of them coming in […]

Unai Emery extends Aston Villa contract

Aston Villa manager Unai Emery has committed to the club until at least 2027 after his contract was extended. The Spaniard’s existing deal still had two years to run but he has agreed terms for an additional 12 months, the PA news agency understands. Villa are also keen to sit down with the 52-year-old in […]

Champions League-chasing Aston Villa bounce back to beat Bournemouth

Aston Villa’s push to secure Champions League football continued as Unai Emery’s men came from behind to beat Bournemouth 3-1 at Villa Park. Having gone a goal down through Dominic Solanke’s 31st-minute penalty, Villa turned things around with Morgan Rogers equalising in first-half stoppage time, Moussa Diaby putting them ahead just before the hour mark […]

Emiliano Martinez stars as Aston Villa beat Lille on penalties

Emiliano Martinez was the unsurprising star of a dramatic penalty shootout as Aston Villa edged past Lille and into the semi-final of the Europa Conference League. The Argentina goalkeeper, who helped his country win the World Cup 18 months ago, produced some similar heroics in France, saving spot-kicks from Nabil Bentaleb and Benjamin Andre to […]

Aston Villa relegated from Premier League

Aston Villa were relegated from the Premier League following a 1-0 defeat away to Manchester United on this day in 2016. Marcus Rashford’s 32nd-minute goal condemned Villa to the second tier of English football for the first time in 28 years. Rudy Gestede hit the post with a volley late on but there was no […]

Fernando Alonso signs new ‘multi-year’ deal with Aston Martin

Fernando Alonso will remain with Aston Martin beyond this season after signing a new ‘multi-year’ deal with the British-based Formula One team. Double world champion Alonso, who will be 43 in July, had been linked with Mercedes and Red Bull – as possible replacements for Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen respectively. But Aston Martin announced […]

Ollie Watkins suffers injury scare as Aston Villa thump Ajax

Ollie Watkins helped fire Aston Villa to a first European quarter-final since 1998 but gave his side and England an injury scare after limping off. Watkins, named in Gareth Southgate’s latest squad earlier on Thursday, headed Villa in front in the first half of a 4-0 Europa Conference League second-leg win over 10-man Ajax which […]