The Aston Villa Courier
Squad3 Sep 2029
Shumaira Mheuka says Aston Villa went back on their word
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Market3 Sep 2029
Marco Asensio wants more than Aston Villa are offering
“I have ambitions, and I would like the club to share them.” Nobody has asked to leave and nobody has been shown the door — but a player chooses that sentence carefully, and a boardroom hears it exactly as it was meant.
Squad3 Sep 2029
Marco Asensio in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Aston Villa this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad3 Sep 2029
Pau Torres signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Pau Torres and Aston Villa agree another 3 years.
Player ratings3 Sep 2029
A masterclass from Morgan Rogers
Marked 8.77 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.
Player ratings3 Sep 2029
Tammy Abraham leaves them behind him
Shots: 13. Goals: none. The chances were there and they were good ones, and they went into the stand, the goalkeeper's arms and the side netting in roughly that order.
Squad3 Sep 2029
Matty Cash gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Player ratings3 Sep 2029
Ollie Watkins in the eights
A performance of 8.24 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Match1 Sep 2029
Aston Villa share the spoils with Liverpool
A 2‑2 draw with Liverpool leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.
In brief
- Market The Marco Asensio question follows Aston Villa around
- Player ratings John McGinn keeps on missing
- Market Aston Villa pick up Reece Munro for nothing