Ollie Watkins Shines as Aston Villa’s Top Scorer Before Controversial Exit

Ollie Watkins has always been a striker Aston Villa and their fans could be proud of. He wasn’t an instant superstar, evident from his non-League spell at Weston-super-Mare in 2014-15, but his work ethic and character made it hard not to root for him as his career blossomed from Exeter City to Brentford to Villa and England. After six years, Watkins said goodbye to his Villa colleagues on Thursday, before his protracted departure to Al Hilal in Saudi Arabia for a £50million fee was completed. He flew to Saudi Arabia on Thursday, but not before an emotional goodbye with manager…