24 Aug 2026 08:41:11
I’d love for Villa to keep Watkins and suspend him from any official club training. Not pay him until he changes his attitude. I know it won’t happen, it’s cutting your nose off to spite your face, but if money wasn’t an issue it would be applauded by fans all over.
Just remember Emery stuck with Watkins throughout last season and even sold Malen !!!
How’s your loyalty now?
Contracts are literally not worth the paper they’re written on and signed.
24 Aug 2026 09:57:43
He also played Rashford over him in our biggest game ever, no loyalty in football.
24 Aug 2026 19:43:56
That is true, Tom, but nowhere in his contract does it say he has to be picked to start every game. It does, however, say he has to train and make himself available for every match as long as he's not injured. Nobody made him sign that contract; he chose to leave the Championship and come to Villa in the Premier League.