Steven Gerrard sends demand to Aston Villa players as £15m transfer request made

Here’s the latest Aston Villa news on May 2, 2022

Aston Villa head coach Steven Gerrard wants his forward players to be 'more ruthless' and 'unpredictable' in the final third.

Ollie Watkins and Danny Ings both got on the scoresheet in the 2-0 win over Norwich City at Villa Park on Saturday afternoon, but Gerrard is demanding more from the attackers in his squad. Villa took 21 shots at Tim Krul's goal, but only six hit the target and finding that cutting edge is a crucial for the Villa boss.

Villa came into the clash with Norwich having lost four of their last five games, and in that time they had only scored two goals, with one of those coming from the penalty spot in the defeat at Wolves. So while Gerrard was pleased to see his side get back to winning ways and amongst the goals, he was keen to stress that a lot more work still needs to happen at Bodymoor Heath.

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Aston Villa midfielder John McGinn has opened up regarding an 'honest chat' he had with Steven Gerrard as the two look to align their goals and ambitions moving forward.

McGinn, 27, has mirrored the form of Villa as a squad this season after struggling to consistently perform at the levels his quality can allow but did provide fans with a vintage performance in yesterday's 2-0 win against Norwich City . In 90 minutes McGinn recorded one key pass, an 83 per cent pass accuracy, ten duels won, four long balls completed and six tackles made.

McGinn will be hoping he can replicate this performance more frequently in the future as he aims to contribute to Steven Gerrard's long term ambition of dragging the club back into contention for European football.

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Aston Villa loanee Matt Targett has quickly become