Every time Unai Emery walks to his office at Bodymoor Heath, he is reminded of Villa’s glorious past.
Photographs of the 1982 European Cup triumph adorn the walls of the club’s training ground, an achievement of which has often in the four decades since appeared to weigh heavy on some of the Spaniard’s predecessors.
A key step on that journey awaits tonight in Edinburgh, when Villa take on Hibernian in the first leg of the Europa Conference League play-off round, their first European tie for 13 years. “I want to really focus on each moment and enjoy each moment and now the moment is to play against Hibernian,” he explained.
But football matches are not played on balance sheets and these rare UK derbies, or Battles of Britain if you prefer, have a tendency of being tighter than some would expect. It is McGinn, who netted his first goal of the season in Sunday’s 4-0 win over Everton, who will very much be the centre of attention. Emery is the latest Villa boss to benefit from the club’s greatest transfer bargain of recent times.
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