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Aston Villa brand Steven Gerrard and Ollie Watkins bust-up rumours as 'nonsense'
Aston Villa have branded rumours of a bust-up between Steven Gerrard and Ollie Watkins as "nonsense".It had been reported on Wednesday that the pair had fallen out after Watkins was left out of the starting line-up for Villa's Premier League season opener at Bournemouth on Saturday. Watkins did feature for the final 24 minutes in the 2-0 defeat after replacing Danny Ings in the second half at the Vitality Stadium.However, the club's communications director has rubbished the claims Villa are set to sell Watkins before the end of the transfer window due to his reportedly tense relationship with his manager.READ MORE: Win 2 tickets to watch England vs Germany in Nations League action at Wembley StadiumThe article in question speculating on the bust-up was quote tweeted, with the Villa communications director writing: “Absolute nonsense.” He later added: “Some of the nonsense that has been written this week…"Watkins has scored 27 goals in 77 appearances for Villa since signing from Brentford back in the summer of 2020, with nine of those goals coming in the 29 matches he has played since Gerrard's appointment in November last year.Where will Aston Villa finish in the Premier League this season? Let us know in the comments section below.Gerrard has continued to put his own stamp on the squad this summer, having added to the squad in both January and earlier in the current window.Ahead of the start of the new season, the former Rangers manager took the captain's armband from Tyrone Mings and appointed midfielder John McGinn as his new skipper.
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