All the top current Aston Villa stories including, who impressed John McGinn, Calum Chambers’ message and Fabrizio Romano’s thoughts on Unai Emery to Bayern.
Aston Villa player ‘one step ahead’
Villa returned to winning ways at Villa Park on Saturday as they overcame Nottingham Forest 4-2. It was almost a disaster for the hosts as Forest staged a comeback from 3-0 down to take it to 3-2. However, Leon Bailey’s got Villa’s fourth goal to settle the tie and confirm the victory.
Many were impressive during the game and midfielder John McGinn highlighted one man who is vital to their success.
Pau Torres has been fantastic for Villa this season and showed his class against Forest despite only playing 45 minutes. McGinn praised the defender as ‘like a new signing’ after returning from injury.
You can read McGinn’s full quotes about Pau Torres here.
Calum Chambers’ message
After Pau Torres came off at half-time against Forest, he was replaced by Chambers. The defender has struggled for game time this season and his appearance on Saturday was his first in the Premier League this season.
Taking to X after the win, he said: “No matter what, I train my hardest every day to make sure I’m at the best level I can be to perform! Picking up these 3 points is exactly what I work for!”
You can read more about Chambers’ message after the Forest win here.
Unai Emery’s Bayern links
Emery has done a magnificent job at Villa. The club are looking good to qualify for the Champions League this season and was in the race for the title at one point.
This has caused some teams to reportedly take interest in the manager, including Bayern Munich.
As a result, Fabrizio Romano has been asked to give his take on the speculation to add some more light on the situation.
You can read what Fabrizio Romano said about Unai Emery’s links to Bayern here.
