Longevity is key. Watkins has scored at least 10 league goals in all five of his seasons at Villa, helping him move ahead of Dwight Yorke, Dion Dublin and Juan Pablo Angel in the club's top-scorer charts. It marks a dramatic return to favour for the 29-year-old, who joined from Brentford in 2020.

Unai Emery admitted he is “so, so grateful” to manage Ollie Watkins after the forward became Aston Villa’s outright record Premier League goalscorer to fire the club into Europe.England international Watkins moved on to 75 top-flight strikes for Villa – one more than Gabriel Agbonlahor – by securing Saturday evening’s 1-0 win at Bournemouth.

Aston Villa have taken a deserved lead against Bournemouth in Saturday's final Premier League game and did so in historic fashion. Ollie Watkins put Unai Emery's side ahead on the stroke of half time