17 h. ago ‘Don’t lose those stupid points’: Youri Tielemans on Aston Villa lessons, Emery and aiming high

The team’s outstanding player last season is determined to help break the club’s near 30-year trophy droughtThe smile on Youri Tielemans’s face widens as he discusses the summer Unai Emery visited him in Quorn, the Leicestershire village he has called home since arriving in England six years ago. “The initial conversation was about my ideas as a player, where I wanted to play and how I saw myself and I think he quite liked me because he came back a second time,” Tielemans says, laughing. “It was really about understanding each other. And I think we clicked the first time we met.”Fast-forward two years and Tielemans, who joined Aston Villa as a free agent after leaving Leicester, has established himself as an indispensable cog in Emery’s machine. Tielemans has been considered a classy midfielder since making his Champions League debut for Anderlecht aged 16 and has proved a dependable force for Villa, an intelligent operator whether sniffing danger or shifting possession. T...

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35 h. ago Newcastle agree fee with Aston Villa for winger Jacob Ramsey

The 24-year-old could be a Magpies player by the time they visit Villa Park for Saturday’s Premier League clash.

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4 d. ago Mason Greenwood left Aston Villa players furious after he 'SPAT' at Amadou Onana

Mason Greenwood was part of a Marseille side which beat Aston Villa in a pre-season friendly and the former Manchester United star's behaviour left opposition players furious

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5 d. ago Roberto De Zerbi fires dig at Unai Emery after Marseille vs Aston Villa boils over

Aston Villa and Marseille played out an ill-tempered friendly clash in France and Roberto De Zerbi wasn't too impressed with Unai Emery's approach to the game amid the feisty atmosphere

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5 d. ago Former Man United star Mason Greenwood shares update after Aston Villa pre

Mason Greenwood was on the scoresheet for Marseille in their 3-1 victory over Aston Villa but the win was marred by an incident involving the former Manchester United winger

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6 d. ago Getting shirty, lads! Mason Greenwood has his jersey RIPPED by Tyrone Mings as pair clash in tetchy pre

Former Manchester United forward Mason Greenwood had his shirt ripped by an irate Tyrone Mings as tempers flared in a pre-season friendly between Aston Villa and Marseille on Saturday.

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6 d. ago Mason Greenwood in feisty spat with Premier League defender as former Man United man lashes out

The latest Manchester United news as the former United forward was involved in an on-pitch scuffle during the pre-season friendly between Marseille and Aston Villa.

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9 d. ago Viktor Gyökeres labours as Arsenal fall short against Villarreal and Pépé

The £64m man made his home debut in a friendly as Mikel Arteta set out his ambitions for the new seasonNew season, same old Arsenal? On an evening when Viktor Gyökeres was meant to announce himself as the solution to all of Mikel Arteta’s problems, instead it was a figure from Arsenal’s past who stole the show.At £72m – £8m more than they may end up paying for the Sweden striker – Nicolas Pépé was an expensive Arsenal signing, a few months before Arteta replaced Unai Emery in 2019. Most of the fans who packed out the Emirates Stadium for this pre-season friendly will not have many fond memories of the Ivory Coast international’s spell in north London, but he clearly had a point to prove here. Pépé’s early goal and strikes from Karl Etta Eyong and the former Tottenham loanee Arnaut Danjuma sealed an impressive win for Villarreal, and left Arteta with plenty of questions to resolve before Arsenal’s opening game of the season next weekend against Manchester United. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Adam Hills backs Aussie stars to be fired up for Ashes clash and aims subtle England dig

England’s last win against the Kangaroos came 30 years ago while their most recent Ashes series win was 25 years before that in 1970 as Great Britain

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