Aston Villa’s pre-season preparations continue this week ahead of our first outing of the summer against Walsall on Saturday.
A significant number of players have now returned to Bodymoor Heath, including many of our talented youngsters, while those who were involved in the last round of international games or recovering from injury have been granted additional time off.
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Unai Emery will undoubtedly try to get everyone involved this weekend to give them minutes in order to build their fitness, as we continue to gradually step up our preparations over the course of the trip to the USA later this month.
While we saw a number of senior players return over the weekend to undergo their initial tests, with Emiliano Buendia, Ezri Konsa, Matty Cash and Diego Carlos among that group, Villa have shared a new update that has provided some additional insight into who else is back in training.
As seen in the video below, a whole host of our youngsters have returned to the fold, including the likes of Aaron Ramsey, Tim Iroegbunam and Tommi O’Reilly, as they all try to impress Emery in the coming weeks to earn a spot in his plans for the new campaign.
Time will tell if they are able to force their way into his squad or if a loan exit is more likely, but with a number of our regular starters returning later than them, this week is a big chance for them to stake their respective claims.
Meanwhile, there was also a sighting of Morgan Sanson as he has returned from his loan stint at Strasbourg in the second half of last season, perhaps with a fresh chance to impress Emery now we have significantly more games to play this year.
A lot of key decisions will be made in the next few weeks which will see Emery continue to mould the squad into his own, and so while it’s promising to see all these individuals back in training, time will tell if that’s preparation to help our cause this season or if they will ultimately seal moves elsewhere instead.
Back on the pitch. 😍 pic.twitter.com/pefqiJhT6n
— Aston Villa (@AVFCOfficial) July 10, 2023