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England’s Ollie Watkins This post is a part of Football League World’s ‘Terrace Talk’ series, which offers our FLW Fan Pundits their personal thoughts on teams players managers breaking news possible signings, and more.
Even now, Derby County will harbour remorse for not succeeding in their pursuit of Ollie Watkins a desirable young player at Exeter City.
Following more successful Premier League seasons, the Aston Villa star solidified his status as one of the nation’s most feared forwards.
Over the summer, he became an England hero by coming off the bench to score the crucial 91st goal in the EURO 2024 semi-final against the Netherlands, sending the country into utter chaos.
Watkins, who began his career with his boyhood club Exeter City in the 2013–14 season and has progressed almost annually since, may still have his finest years ahead of him at 28, which many would consider to be a prime age for a striker.
With at least 27 goals in all competitions and 13 assists from just 53 games, the striker helped Villa qualify for the UEFA Champions League for the first time in over 40 years last season.
I wanted to go there at the time, and Steve McClaren wanted to sign me,” Watkins remarked then it kind of fell through – so it could have been a lot different!” I had the option of playing for Derby, but I chose to stay at Exeter, and things turned out better at Brentford.
“I believe it came down to money we were performing well and made it to the play-off final that year, so Exeter wanted a loan back and a little extra money at the momen it didn’t work out unfortunately, but I’m glad I came to Brentford.
