Ollie Watkins has heaped praise on Unai Emery after the Aston Villa head coach helped the striker get back in to the England squad.
The striker returned to the international scene for the first time since March 2022 and hit the only goal of the game asWatkins, 27, has scored four goals and provided four assists in the first eight Premier League games of the new season – including a memorable hat-trick against Brighton.
“He’s filled me with a lot of confidence. I’ve definitely improved in these last 18 months since I was last in the England camp.“I think it shows in my form and my performance here so I’m really happy and I’m delighted to be back in the squad and putting on an England shirt. Callum Wilson, Ivan Toney, Dominic Calvert-Lewin and newly-capped Eddie Nketiah are other strikers in Gareth Southgate’s pool but Watkins believes he is not a like-for-like replacement for Kane when he is given the nod.
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