Aston Villa receive big injury boost ahead of Fulham as seven players are passed fit
Harry Mail
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Aston Villa are back in Premier League action this weekend
Aston Villa have a virtually full clean bill of health ahead of their trip to Craven Cottage on Saturday to face Fulham. They drew 0-0 with Manchester United in their last outing before the international break.
Amadou Onana, John McGinn, Jacob Ramsey, Ezri Konsa, Tyrone Mings and Boubacar Kamara have all been out of action for the Midlands outfit but they are available for selection which is a boost. Goalkeeper Robin Olsen remains their only player sidelined at the moment.
Meanwhile, Aston Villa also have Jaden Philogene fit. He picked up a knock with England Under-21’s recently but is ready to play again now. Emery has said: “McGinn has trained with us normally and is feeling good, Konsa as well. He is feeling good. Jaden is feeling good. I think it is the first time this year we have more or less every player available to play. Only still out, but he is training not 100 per cent Robin Olsen.”
Aston Villa boss speaks ahead of Fulham trip
The boss added: “It’s not easy but we are trying to focus quickly with the players on the match we are going to face. This morning we were speaking about the tactical game plan for tomorrow and we are going to travel to Fulham and in the hotel we will work again.
“We will try to change their minds after the matches they played with their national teams. We were being very demanding when we selected the squad at the start of the season about how we can improve our challenges and performances.
“Through those players being demanding with themselves in our way, we have to keep the same level we achieved last year. I don’t want to allow some circumstances to relax us.”
On Aston Villa’s upcoming schedule, he said: “The players that were playing with their national teams are progressively arriving here and feeling comfortable playing the matches they added with their national team.
“We are excited and motivated for how we can face the different competitions for the next month. We are playing tomorrow in the Premier League and it’s the most important. The players are in the same way, I’m trying to send the message to everybody.
“On Tuesday we are playing Champions League and we have to manage, firstly, the match tomorrow and then take the best decision with the players who are playing more minutes than others. I’m very happy because some players like Emiliano Buendia are getting better. We are adding another two players who were very important when they were available, Tyrone Mings and Boubacar Kamara.
“We are getting minutes on the pitch with Jaden and he played fantastic matches against Bayern Munich and Manchester United. We can feel comfortable with how we are with different options to play in the starting XI and being competitive.”
Aston Villa are currently sat in 5th place in the table after the first seven games. They have 14 points on the board and are only behind Chelsea ini 4th on goal difference.
