Aston Villa boss Emery: Watkins has my full confidence

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7 Feb 2023 • 6:10 PM MYT
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Aston Villa boss Unai Emery insists Ollie Watkins can lead their attack for the remainder of the season.

The England international has scored in both Premier League matches since the sale of this season's top scorer Danny Ings to West Ham, but no other Villa player has found the net, with wastefulness in front of goal a factor in Saturday's 4-2 home defeat to Leicester.

Emery had been keen to add an experienced striker before last week's deadline, but has since declared himself happy with the squad and stressed the importance of players from all positions chipping in with goals.

I have complete confidence in our squad and in our strikers," he said. Of course, Ollie Watkins is going to play 100 per cent as a striker and he will compete with Jhon Duran.

But we also have players who can play with him Bailey, as a second striker or as a 10 we have Coutinho or Emiliano Buendia.

Then we have utility players like McGinn and Ramsey who can play inside or outside. I want them to help us by adding goals.

There are different ways to get goals, with a striker, with wingers, with midfielders with centre-backs maybe or left and right-backs.

I want everyone trying to defend and everyone trying to attack, trying to hit the targets for their position."