Villa bolster attacking options with Watkins signing

Aston Villa have signed striker Ollie Watkins from Championship side Brentford on a five-year deal, the English Premier League club said on Wednesday .

Financial details of the deal were not disclosed, but British media reported Villa paid a club-record fee of £28 million plus a potential £5m in add-ons.Watkins, 24, was an influential player for Brentford last season, scoring 26 league goals as they missed out on top-flight promotion after losing to Fulham in the Championship play-off final.

Villa, who avoided Premier League relegation on the final day of last season, have been determined to improve attacking options and were also linked with striker Callum Wilson before he completed a switch from Bournemouth to Newcastle United. Watkins will be reunited with Villa manager Dean Smith, who signed the English forward from Exeter City in 2017, while he was managing Brentford.

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