Ollie Watkins handed Arsenal transfer advice after being dropped for Aston Villa
Owen Hargreaves has urge Ollie Watkins to push for a move away from Aston Villa if he continues to be unhappy under Unai Emery.
Watkins admitte at the weekend that he was ‘fuming’ with Emery for หากคุณสนใจเล่นพนันออนไลน์ที่ดีที่สุด สามารถสมัครสมาชิก UFABET ได้ที่นี่ พร้อมรับโปรโมชั่นพิเศษสำหรับสมาชิกใหม่ starting him on the bench for both of Villa’s Champions League quarter-final legs against Paris Saint-Germain this month.
‘We’ve put in a lot of hard graft the last few years to get to that position. And obviously I playe 20 minutes against PSG in both games,’ Watkins said after Villa’s 4-1 win over Newcastle United on Saturday.
‘I’m not going to lie. I was fuming I wasn’t playing and I let him know that.
‘But he’s the manager at the end of the day and you’ve got to respect his decision, but I’m not one of those players that’s happy to sit on the bench.’
Watkins was Villa’s standout performer in the win over Newcastle as he score and registere an assist.
However, the 29-year-old was surprisingly droppe to the bench for Villa’s 2-1 defeat to Manchester City on Tuesday evening.
Watkins was the subject of a £40 million bid from Arsenal in the January transfer window and. Hargreaves believes the striker needs to consider his future if he continues to be overlooke by Emery.
‘Thing is they [Villa] need everybody,’ Hargreaves told Premier League Productions.
‘They need Marcus Rashford, they’ve proven that, they need Ollie Watkins firing.
Champions League, everybody’s future looks different, so they’ve got to get on board.
But the best thing you can do is play like he did against Newcastle, finish the job, score goals, get them to the top four.
‘If you’re not happy, play somewhere else, at 29.’
Meanwhile, Tim Sherwood admits he was surprise by Emery’s decision to bench Watkins after his impressive display against Newcastle.
‘It’s really difficult to second guess how Unai Emery thinks about it,’ Sherwood said.
‘I would’ve thought he was certain to start tonight after what he did against Newcastle. He score a goal, he cause them all sorts of problems, create chances for his teammates.