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Jacob Tanswell
Unai Emery: "In the Europa League, I needed to sub George because he was nervous. Today - more confident, more fresh, more comfortable, playing as a 10, getting wide and going inside. I was giving him tests like Salzburg at home, but this is the process for young players." #AVFC
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Unai Emery has confirmed that Ollie Watkins, Ezri Konsa and Emi Martinez will now start training, but will not feature in Aston Villa's final pre-season match against Borussia Monchengladbach. #AVFC
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Unai Emery on transfers: "There will be more changes." #AVFC
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Unai Emery: "It is not a win. It was a defeat - we played for a trophy. How we are building the team is the process we have. We are going to play next year against teams like PSG - maybe they weren't all fit, but they played their best team." #AVFC
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Unai Emery: "I wanted this trophy, but I needed to prepare the match with the circumstances we had. There are no excuses, but how we finished the match, getting duels, I can feel free with my decision and proud of the players." #AVFC
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Unai Emery: "Even after Watkins called to play after the game against Bayern, I told him to continue resting when he was on FaceTime with John McGinn. Now is the moment to rest. I am happy about the decision I made and how some players responded." #AVFC
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Emi Buendia on Brian Madjo: "I tried to help him. He's young. He has good development. There are changes [this summer] but the structure, the manager and the club want to keep it. We have to keep working hard." [TNT] #AVFC
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Emi Buendia: "Not a good feeling. We can be proud of the game we did. We competed well. We had chances. They are top players. We were there and competed very well. At the end of the first half we had chances. In the second half we were showing character." [TNT] #AVFC
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Brian Madjo became the youngest-ever scorer in UEFA Super Cup history at 17 years and 212 days - 2 years and 8 days younger than the previous record-holder, Patrick Kluivert, who was 19 years and 220 days old when he scored for Ajax in 1996. 💥 #AVFC
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Brian Madjo, a first-half force of nature. Instant analysis on @theathleticfc.bsky.social #AVFC https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7508497/2026/08/12/psg-aston-villa-score-result-report-analysis
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