Ollie Watkins

I am more than worried about the Arsenal bid. His celebration after scoring yesterday seemed a bit muted as well or maybe I'm reading too much into things. The fact is he is a boyhood Arsenal fan and has previously said it is his dream move. At 29 he might not get a chance like this again. I absolutely do not want Ollie to go. I saw him spending most of the rest of his career with us, smash the scoring record and be a Villa legend. I can see it from his perspective and wanting to move. But having just sold Duran and with so little time in the window it is obviously not ideal for us to scramble and find good enough replacements. I wonder if we might see some sort of deal worked out where we tell him and Arsenal that we cant sell him this window because it leaves us too short in attack. But just give us this season and then we can revisit the situation in the summer maybe? Of course Arsenal might just say we need a striker now and we will look elsewhere if you reject out next bid in which case Ollie might see this as his chance for his dream move and push for it. This is all conjecture of course. But I do feel like his head is turned and we will hear more about this.