And that’s about it from us. Events in Spain made it a somewhat depressing day but maybe further twists await. We can hope. Thanks for reading and sending in all your comments.
Aston Villa summer signing Nicolo Zaniolo is predicted to start on the bench in our team news feature. But Villa manager Unai Emery sounds as if he’s ready to unleash the striker sooner rather than later.
“His first match he didn’t have the right permission and he couldn’t play in Europe, the two matches against Hibernian,” Emery said. “But he is ready for Sunday and, of course, we are trying to add his quality offensively, his position on the pitch, playing right, playing left, playing higher and lower.
“And he is ready to play because he’s training very well, he has very good spirit and energy, he has power. He is a little bit different from the strikers we have now because he can play being versatile. He is training very well and hopefully on Sunday he can play. He can show at the beginning his adaptation is going well and he can show with his performances for us.”
Emery will assess the fitness of goalkeeper Emi Martinez, who came off during the 5-0 win over Hibs due to a minor calf complaint.
