Watkins to Al-Hilal? Surely not

people saying Villa should just shrug and move on are chatting nonsense because it is not that easy to replace a player like this in your system and if you lose the wrong core pieces the whole thing can wobble even if the squad looks fine on paper
 
It would be a huge loss for Villa, but I still think the lack of a strong source makes this hard to take seriously. If anything changes, it will probably move very quickly imo
 
Villa might need to rethink the whole shape of the attack if this goes through because Watkins gives them pace, movement and a way to stretch teams, and those are not easy qualities to replace with one signing no matter how much money is available
 
The main issue here is timing rather than just the destination. Villa have been building something stable under Emery, so losing a key forward now would force a major adjustment whether or not the fee is enormous.
 
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