'Another...' - Steven Gerrard handed Aston Villa injury setback before Bournemouth

Aston Villa striker Keinan Davis will miss his side’s Premier League opener away to Bournemouth this weekend, reliable journalist Ashley Preece has reported.

Steven Gerrard’s side make the trip to the south coast on Saturday afternoon, as what will hopefully be a successful 2022/23 campaign gets underway.

Villa are in a fairly healthy situation in the injury department going into the game but Davis is one player who has been struggling with an ongoing hamstring issue.

A key update has now emerged, as kickoff against Bournemouth edges closer.

Writing in a Q&A for The Birmingham Mail on Friday, Preece claimed that the young striker will miss out after ‘another hamstring setback’, adding that he’s ‘intrigued’ by the player’s future at Villa amid speculation of a move back to Nottingham Forest.

Davis is back at Villa after being loaned out to Forest last season and he will have been hoping to hit the ground running, impressing Gerrard and proving he deserves a permanent place in the squad.

Instead, his progress has already been halted and it could be difficult for him to break into the manager’s plans regularly once the likes of Ollie Watkins and Danny Ings are firing again, while Cameron Archer’s new contract suggests he’s also a threat to the pecking order.

While Davis isn’t necessarily seen as a key starter for Villa, having him fit again will provide Gerrard with much-needed depth, as he looks to prove his worth before his current deal expires in the summer of 2024.

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