Grealish, 20, said: “We’re looking to return to the Premier League”.
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Aston Villa will this weekend welcome the visit of Midlands rivals Nottingham Forest, with both teams looking to hit the ground running following the global break.
The decision of the 28-year-old to part ways with Boro came as a massive surprise to many.
“Albert didn’t tell me he wanted to leave, but in life, opportunities can appear”.
This weekend’s opponents have fared better as they sit seventh in the Championship table, as they look to secure their fourth win of the campaign.
The two clubs have undergone potentially pivotal changes in personnel since their last outings, with Jonathan Kodjia and Albert Adomah making big-money moves to Villa Park and free agent Nicklas Bendtner joining Forest, who lost key man Oliver Burke to RB Leipzig 12 days ago.
The Aston Villa midfielder has been loaned to Nottingham Forest twice in the past two years.
“If Adomah plays 200 games and gets 50 goals and Traore doesn’t play, I have made a mistake”. With that defeat leaving Villa 16, Di Matteo and co will be praying the short time away from the pitch will have done his players good, and the gaffer will need it to have with a chairman all to happy to sack underperforming managers.
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“Traore is younger. I can bring a lot of things from him to increase his value”.
