Unai Emery is praised for “feelings of guilt” Ollie Watkins to stay at Aston Villa in the midst of Arsenal's interest.
Earlier this week, the Gunners reached a £ 60 million approach for the frontman of England – but their bid was quickly rejected. Mikel Arteta wants to land more firepower and went after a player in Watkins who is impressed by the last third part and has an impressive record against Arsenal.
Villas determined was tested, but the club has just cashed in their other main option, Jhon Duran. He has moved to Saudi Arabia more than £ 70 million, which puts the club in a good financial position and also means that they are very unlikely to sell their other striker.
Emery spoke publicly above the future of Watkins and, after he had helped him post the best number of his career, he claimed that he knew that the player is committed to the project in Villa Park.
He said: “Yes, he is happy to stay. You can ask him, but we asked him how he feels every day, every year he has been here with Aston Villa, with us and without us. We have with Spoken to him and he is very focused on the message we have.
“The dedication of Ollie Watkins with us is a huge commitment, he appreciates a lot of how Aston Villa always supported him and helped him.”
Emery also claimed: “When there are some teams who experience us to be interested in the players, it is of course very good for us and very good for the players. Some players prefer to leave and some players accept here to stay here and to be concerned with us here and to be with our challenge.
Watkins is known as an Arsenal fan and has previously discussed a future move to the Emirates. Kieran Gibbs, who was once teammates with Arteta in Arsenal, claims that Emery has been particularly clever with how he treated the Saga in the media.
Gibbs said to ESPN: “It is a bit disappointing that they have not tried a little earlier, especially with Jhon Duran who leaves. I also like the piece of feelings of Ollie Watkins who knows very well that Arsenal is a dream movement for him.
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