Aston Villa sign Ollie Watkins from Brentford for club-record £28m fee

Aston Villa sign Ollie Watkins from Brentford for club-record £28m fee

09-Sep-2020 11:27:05 | The Guardian

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Aston Villa have signed Ollie Watkins from Brentford on a five-year deal and in what is reported to be a club-record £28m deal that could potentially rise to £33m.

Watkins scored 26 goals last season in a campaign that saw Brentford reach the Championship play-off final, where they lost to Fulham. The move reunites the 24-year-old with Dean Smith, who was Brentford manager when Watkins joined the London club from Exeter in 2017.

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