Ollie Watkins' departure to Al-Hilal - which lurched between acrimonious and emotional - has left Aston Villa without their best attacking outlet. Despite just one goal in his first 13 top-flight games last season, he ended up netting 16, leaving him on 91 Premier League goals - a club record. Nicolas Jackson was brought in as Watkins' direct replacement and was a priority signing for Unai Emery, having worked together at Villarreal.
Newcastle United were interested in signing the Bayer Leverkusen striker, Christian Kofane. According to a report from BILD, Aston Villa and Everton were interested in signing the 20-year-old as well. However, all three Premier League clubs failed to complete the deal. Christian Kofane’s Premier League interest Christian Kofane of Bayer 04 Leverkusen (Photo by Christof […] The post Newcastle and Aston Villa suffer blow despite wanting to pay €50m for Bundesliga ace appeared first on CaughtOffside.
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