{"id":292636,"date":"2023-10-06T14:24:05","date_gmt":"2023-10-06T14:24:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/?p=292636"},"modified":"2023-10-06T14:24:05","modified_gmt":"2023-10-06T14:24:05","slug":"ollie-watkins-on-verge-of-signing-new-5-year-contract-at-aston-villa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/soccer\/ollie-watkins-on-verge-of-signing-new-5-year-contract-at-aston-villa\/","title":{"rendered":"Ollie Watkins on verge of signing new 5 year contract at Aston Villa"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Ollie Watkins &#8216;on the verge of signing a new five-year contract at Aston Villa until 2028&#8217; after scoring seven goals in 12 games this season<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The England striker has enjoyed a strong start to the season scoring 7 goals in 12<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Watkins and Bowen called up to England as Sterling and Ward-Prowse miss out<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Listen to the latest episode of Mail Sport&#8217;s podcast &#8216;It&#8217;s All Kicking Off!&#8217;<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Ollie Watkins is reportedly &#8216;on the verge of signing a new five year contract&#8217; at Aston Villa until 2028.<\/p>\n<p>The England striker&#8217;s existing deal runs until 2025 and if all goes to plan the announcement could be made soon, The Athletic\u00a0reports.<\/p>\n<p>Watkins has made a strong start to the season for Villa, who sit fifth in the Premier League\u00a0table, after scoring seven goals in 12 games.<\/p>\n<p>Despite not scoring in any of his first five matches, the 27-year-old has scored four in his last two, including a hat-trick on the weekend against Brighton.<\/p>\n<p>This comes after Gareth Southgate recently added Watkins to his England squad for the upcoming October international break.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/06\/14\/76249099-12602331-image-a-42_1696599050574.jpg\" height=\"417\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Aston Villa are reportedly &#8216;on the verge&#8217; of tying Ollie Watkins down to a new five year contract at the club<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/06\/15\/76250341-12602331-image-a-45_1696600950273.jpg\" height=\"461\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Manager Unai Emery recently said he was confident Watkins will remain at the club<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>Watkins joined Jarrod Bowen in earning a call-up, but there was no such luck for Raheem Sterling or the in-form James Ward-Prowse.<\/p>\n<p>The 27-year-old joined Villa from Brentford in 2020 for \u00a328million and has scored 50 goals in 127 appearances for the club.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Manager Unai Emery recently said he was confident Watkins will remain at the club before his England call-up.<\/p>\n<p>He told reporters: &#8216;Ollie shows his commitment with his work. He is very happy here, has improved and today is a consequence of how he works every day.\u2019<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube, Apple Music and Spotify.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12602331\/Ollie-Watkins-verge-signing-new-five-year-contract-Aston-Villa-2028.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ollie Watkins &#8216;on the verge of signing a new five-year contract at Aston Villa until 2028&#8217; after scoring seven goals in 12 games this season The England striker has enjoyed a strong start to the season scoring 7 goals in 12 Watkins and Bowen called up to England as Sterling and Ward-Prowse miss out Listen [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":292635,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Ollie Watkins on verge of signing new 5 year contract at Aston Villa - Sports Life Tale<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/soccer\/ollie-watkins-on-verge-of-signing-new-5-year-contract-at-aston-villa\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ollie Watkins on verge of signing new 5 year contract at Aston Villa - Sports Life Tale\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Ollie Watkins &#8216;on the verge of signing a new five-year contract at Aston Villa until 2028&#8217; 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