The £30m summer signing is not yet a finished product — but Villa's Europa League campaign is helping him develop

Maresca was something of a surprise choice for the award. Also nominated were Arsenal’s Mikel Arteta and Aston Villa’s Unai Emery, whose eight-match winning streak got underway on November 6 with a Europa League win over Maccabi Tel Aviv.

Aston Villa have won against two of the three giants - and Emery has now had his say on their title hopes 🧐🏆

The real reason why Aston Villa manager Unai Emery continues to ignore Harvey Elliott has been revealed by a Liverpool journalist, with sources telling TEAMtalk that the winger could be sent back to Anfield with a replacement already lined up.

UNAI EMERY slammed the door shut on Harvey Elliott’s career at Aston Villa. The on-loan Liverpool star was left in Birmingham as Villa flew out for their latest Europa League test in Basel.

Arsenal will travel to take on Aston Villa on Saturday, with Mikel Arteta and Unai Emery sharing an interlinked history.

The real reason why Aston Villa manager Unai Emery continues to ignore Harvey Elliott has been revealed by a Liverpool journalist, with sources telling TEAMtalk that the winger could be sent back to Anfield with a replacement already lined up.

Unai Emery explained that he needed his star men from the bench to beat Basel in the Europa League.Evann Guessand’s opening goal for Aston Villa was cancelled out by Flavius Daniliuc’s equaliser,