The former English global has been told by new Villa boss Roberto Di Matteo that he has now place in his plans, as they attempt to gain promotion back to the Premier League.
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Aston Villa manager Roberto Di Matteo expresses his desire to make a winning start to the new Championship season against Sheffield Wednesday.
The newly-relegated Villans will play their first second-tier match for nearly 30 years when they travel to Hillsborough on the opening weekend of the new Championship season.
“It’s a tough start away at Sheffield Wednesday but we’re looking forward to it”, he told the club’s official website.
JORDAN AYEW wants his side to quickly recover from their match-day one defeat at Sheffield as they launch a strong comeback to the Premier League.
And so over 30,000 fans packed into Hillsborough, with 5K making the trip from Birmingham to support Villa after their own heartbreak last season, and they certainly made some noise as they tried to support their team. But we want the points.
Di Matteo, who was sacked by Chelsea the season after landing the Champions League, should give a start to Scottish global striker Ross McCormack, for whom this week he spent £12 million ($16 million, 14.3 million euros) of new Chinese owner Tony Xia’s money to wrest him away from Fulham.
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But with more former Premier League sides in the second division than ever before, it might not be as easy as Villa think.
