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Dean Smith has revealed that one of Ollie Watkins’ big questions before joining Aston Villa was how he could get into the England squad. The forward has earned his first Three Lions call-up for the World Cup qualifiers against San Marino, Albania and Poland this month. Watkins, 25, has scored 12 times in 30 games […]
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Aston Villa boss Dean Smith wants his team to rediscover some consistency as they look to get their challenge for European football back on track at Newcastle. Smith admits Villa have progressed much quicker than he anticipated, having only escaped relegation last season on the final day. They head to St James’ Park on Friday […]
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Aston Villa boss Dean Smith has drawn a line under any controversy surrounding Jack Grealish’s injury. The manager was unhappy news of the skipper’s injury emerged on social media ahead of Sunday’s defeat to Leicester last week. It inadvertently came from players and staff who transferred the midfielder out of their Fantasy Premier League teams. […]
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Dean Smith suggested that Aston Villa’s loss to Leicester City was “a game of two halves” as goals from James Maddison and Harvey Barnes won it. Leicester started well as they made Villa chase the game after netting twice in the space of four minutes in the first half. Maddison got the first with a […]
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Dean Smith will be without both Kortney Hause and Matty Cash going into Aston Villa’s clash with Leicester City on Sunday, the latter ruled out after sustaining a thigh injury against Brighton & Hove Albion. Smith described the loss of Cash as “a miss”, but remained confident his squad had the necessary depth to overcome […]
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Aston Villa boss Dean Smith insists that no one has approached them about offering John Terry a management job. However, Smith stated that he would not stand in the way of Terry’s departure if the time was right, amid reported interest in his assistant manager from Bournemouth and Celtic. The Cherries, sixth in the Sky […]
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Dean Smith has heaped praise on Aston Villa forward Ollie Watkins after he netted the winning goal against Arsenal on Saturday. Watkins enjoyed his best goalscoring campaign to date last season for Brentford in the Championship. He netted 26 times from his 50 appearances in all competitions. This took his tally for the Londoners to […]
Read More… from Smith: ‘No surprise’ Watkins has already scored ten PL goals
Dean Smith has responded to Paul Merson’s claim that Aston Villa captain Jack Grealish “is on a different planet”. The Sky Sports pundit said: “Jack Grealish is on a different planet. Honestly, I think he’s that good. I have been saying it for a long, long time now. “Some of the stuff (he does). The […]
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