Speaking at Friday’s press conference, Unai Emery was coy about the Aston Villa team news, but Amadou Onana (knee) is definitely out, and it has been reported elsewhere recently that Brian Madjo (unknown) and Joao Gomes (calf) will miss the first few weeks of the season.

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We are also yet to see Johan Manzambi (knee) in a Villa shirt. He suffered an injury in the World Cup and hasn’t featured in pre-season, and still seems to be in the rehab stage.

In terms of shorter-term problems, Tammy Abraham limped out of Aston Villa’s final pre-season friendly on Saturday; we’re unsure as to his availability.

Alejandro Garnacho should be back this week, however, having served a concussion protocol. He suffered a head injury during Villa’s pre-season match against BG Pathum on August 4.

Away from injuries, Ollie Watkins has yet to kick a ball since the World Cup, while new signings Matteo Ruggeri, Zion Sukuzi and Aaron Wan-Bissaka have arrived in the last few days.

“Tomorrow we’re going to train. Tomorrow I’m going to decide with the players we have. Maybe even we can change something today or tomorrow.

“We have enough players, we had a very good pre-season, with the results, for me, not important. But how we did pre-season, playing matches, watching young players, building the team, without a lot of players who were not involved. We did good work.

“Now, on Sunday, my expectation is to compete the same as we did in good matches we played in pre-season, to try to get our best. With the players we can have, I don’t know now, tomorrow I’ll see how they are, ready or not, to play on Sunday.” – Unai Emery, via the Villa website