Former Liverpool star Jamie Carragher has seemingly began a aspect gig as a switch information journalist!
Gary Neville teased Carragher by calling him “Fabrizio Romano” after his fellow pundit made a giant declare in regards to the Ollie Watkins to Arsenal story from January.
There have been loads of reviews on the time about Arsenal seeing a bid rejected for Watkins, however Carragher says Villa really contacted the Gunners in regards to the deal.
See beneath because the pundit mentioned the Watkins saga on right this moment’s episode of the Overlap, stating that it’s Villa who initiated contact over this deal, moderately than Arsenal coming in with a suggestion first…
In the long run, it appears that evidently Villa have been open to doing a deal for Watkins, however Arsenal merely didn’t provide sufficient cash for the England worldwide.
Consequently, it appears Villa then determined to promote Jhon Duran as an alternative, although, because the pundits within the video above say, it most likely would have made extra sense for them to promote the older participant in Watkins as an alternative.
Ollie Watkins missed out on Arsenal switch
It’s important to really feel for Watkins right here because it have to be exhausting to overlook out on such a giant transfer, particularly because the participant himself has beforehand spoken publicly about being an Arsenal fan when he was youthful.
The 29-year-old has been very good for Villa and one imagines he might have had an affect at a much bigger membership like Arsenal as effectively.
At his age, although, one imagines this was most likely Watkins’ final probability to get a giant transfer like this.
Villa followers will probably be glad to have saved Watkins, and he ought to nonetheless stay a key a part of this thrilling Unai Emery aspect, which continues to go from energy to energy.
