Earlier on Wednesday, Villa agreed a deal worth a total package of £65million to sign striker Nicolas Jackson from Chelsea.

Saudi side Al Hilal push to sign Arsenal’s Gabriel Martinelli and Aston Villa’s Ollie Watkins in £100m swoop to reclaim the title from Ronaldo’s Al Nassr.

The England striker seems dead set on leaving Villa in the lurch to join Al Hilal – which, Richard Jolly writes, is a great shame for a club and player who were very good for one…