Unai Emery has 'complete confidence' in Aston Villa strength in depth | OneFootball

Aston Villa boss Unai Emery is unconcerned over the burden placed on striker Ollie Watkins, despite failing to bring in some more depth in that position in the January transfer window.

“I have complete confidence in our squad and in our strikers,” the Villa boss told the Express and Star. “Of course, Ollie Watkins is going to play 100% as a striker and he will compete with Jhon Durán.

“But we also have players who can play with him – Bailey, as a second striker – or as a 10 we have Coutinho or Emiliano Buendía.

“Then we have utility players like McGinn and Ramsey who can play inside or outside. I want them to help us by adding goals.”

Villa suffered a disappointing 4-2 defeat to Leicester at the weekend, but Emery insists that the whole squad should be contributing to the team’s goal tally.

“There are different ways to get goals, with a striker, with wingers, with midfielders – with centre-backs maybe or left and right-backs,” the boss continued.

Villa’s 25 goals so far this season is middling compared to the rest of the league and the team have managed to score in all eight of their league games since the Spaniard arrived.