Last year was always going to be difficult for Aston Villa, juggling Champions League football (for the first time since the early 1980s) with a tough Premier League campaign.

Villa have since tied Kamara down to a new contract, while Watkins and Rogers are considered not for sale by the Villa Park ...

Pre-season provides a chance to get up to speed and several Premier League players have hit the ground running during the ...

Jamal Jimoh-Aloba, Travis Patterson, and Triston Rowe were among the youngsters who travelled with Villa, as did Yasin Ozcan ...

Georginio Wijnaldum, Donny van de Beek and Steven Bergwijn have been handed Netherlands international call-ups despite the ...