Aston Villa are now close to seeing Leon Bailey leave for Olympiacos after the British transfer window shut on 1 September. The Daily Express reports that the winger has found an alternative route

Has not let Villa down since arriving on a free transfer. 6 Ian Maatsen: With new signing Matteo Ruggeri on the bench, he has competition and had his hands full with Bukayo Saka, and was beaten to the ball for the goal.

Defender Ezra Konsa makes the squad for Arsenal, suiting up against the team that sold him less than two weeks ago. William Saliba is still out with a long-term injury exacerbated at the World Cup, and Cristhian Mosquera has stepped in at right center-back alongside Gabriel.

Arsenal head to Villa Park for their second Premier League match of the season to face a much-changed Villa side from the one that won this fixture last year.Photo by Shaun Botterill/The g... Arsenal return to Premier League action this evening when they face Aston Villa at Villa Park,

Bukayo Saka scores the only goal as Premier League champions Arsenal come away from Aston Villa with all three points.

Bukayo Saka's second-half goal proved the difference as Arsenal overcame a stubborn Aston Villa side in a tight affair at Villa Park.

Arsenal's three points came from a physical game without much room to operate for either team, and the pace slowed to a crawl once Arsenal found its opener.

Aston Villa have committed to spend about £280m in Unai Emery's summer rebuild. The arrivals of Ibrahim Mbaye and Taylor Harwood-Bellis on deadline day shows they are continuing to spend big. They have broken their transfer record twice with the arrivals of forwards Johan Manzambi (£52m) and Nicolas Jackson (£65m),

Aston Villa would have been wise to target a move for Richarlison this summer after sanctioning Ollie Watkins' sale. That is the opinion of former senior Villa scout, Bryan King,