All systems go as Aston Villa and the new boys check in
Villa’s preparations for the new season will ramp up a gear today with the bulk of Unai Emery’s squad reporting back to Bodymoor Heath.
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The group of non-international players arriving for the first day of pre-season includes four new signings along with several facing uncertain futures.
New boys Lewis Dobbin, Enzo Barrenechea, Samuel Iling-Junior and Ross Barkley will undergo fitness testing along with the rest of their team-mates.
Those returning include striker Cameron Archer, who spent last season at Sheffield United. The Walsall-born frontman departed last August in a deal which guaranteed his return to Villa should the Blades be relegated from the Premier League.
