The legendary Gabriel Agbonlahor of Aston Villa has just had a backlash after the rumor of Manchester United wanted to recruit Ollie Watkins. The 38 -year -old former striker even announced he would move abroad if this deal occurred.
Villa legend threatens to leave if MU recruits Ollie Watkins
According to British media, Aston Villa is preparing the plan to replace Ollie Watkins with Dominic Calvert-Lewin, the striker is now a free player after leaving Everton at the end of the 2024/25 season. Meanwhile, coach Ruben Amorim of Man United still wants to strengthen the attack, despite bringing Matheus Cunha from Wolves and Bryan Mbeumo from Brentford.
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| Villa legend threatens to leave if MU recruits Ollie Watkins |
The target of “Red Devils” is now narrowed and two names: Aston Villa's Ollie Watkins and Rb Leipzig's Benjamin Sesko.
Watkins is currently the name that Villa Park fans love. Last May, he broke the record in Agbonlahor's Premier League itself with the 75th goal in the Aston Villa shirt, helping the home team Bournemouth.
Therefore, knowing that the old team could replace Watkins with Calvert-Lewin, who only scored 3 goals in the Premier League last season, Agbonlahor could not keep calm. Answering on Talshort, he was angry: “Don't lie! Who dares to think that? Do you think Man United get Watkins and Villa will take Calvert-Lewin? No life! If it happens, I will go abroad to live. Man United and recruit Watkins, I really hurt.”
Despite the great attention from Man United, the Aston Villa leadership still toughly declared not selling Watkins, the player considered to be the nucleus in the long -term plan of coach Unai Emery.