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Unai Emery has revealed Ollie Watkins is carrying a genu wounded that means helium indispensable beryllium handled with attraction during the important signifier of Aston Villa’s season.
The occupation ruled Watkins retired of England’s caller fixtures against Albania and Latvia and though helium featured successful Villa’s caller wins implicit Preston and Brighton, it remains a origin for concern.
In some those games, Watkins was introduced arsenic a second-half substitute with Marcus Rashford given the motion astatine centre-forward. Rashford scored 3 goals crossed those 2 fixtures and is apt to support his spot up beforehand against Nottingham Forest connected Saturday.
Four days aft the Forest game, Villa question to France to instrumentality connected Paris Saint-Germain successful the archetypal limb of their Champions League quarter-final.
Emery said: ‘In the archetypal matches helium played this season, helium had the aforesaid tiny symptom and needed clip to recover, but helium was playing. Now it is much oregon little the same.
‘He was moving individually successful the planetary interruption with the physios, to effort to retrieve his champion signifier arsenic soon arsenic possible. Now helium is disposable and feeling amended but we are taking attraction not to hazard him.
Unai Emery revealed that Ollie Watkins is managing an wounded which is causing him 'small pain'
Watkins has not started for Aston Villa since March 8 against Brentford - 4 weeks ago
The striker was ruled retired of England’s caller World Cup qualifiers against Albania and Latvia
‘We request to effort to get the champion from him, firstly erstwhile helium has this tiny contented and past secondly erstwhile helium is feeling beardown and comfortable.’
Villa person won six matches successful each competitions and person the majority of their players available. They instrumentality connected Forest 3 points adrift of 5th place, which is apt to beryllium capable for Champions League qualification adjacent season.
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