Up to five demonstrations are planned on both sides of the Israel-Palestine divide with around 700 police officers on duty

I thought he was 100% faithful to Villa and he wouldn't leave for another club, so I was shocked to find out he had a release clause in the contract he signed just a year before he left. On the other hand,

Adam Williams – Head of Football Finance and Governance Content for GRV Media – has shared a financial update on Aston Villa. Concerns about Villa’s PSR situation have been rife for some time now, with the latest set of accounts showing a wages-to-revenue ratio of 91%.

Protests are expected in Birmingham this evening in the lead-up to Aston Villa ’s Europa League fixture against Israeli club Maccabi Tel Aviv, held at Villa Park. The game has been dogged by weeks of controversy around the inclusion of Israeli teams in international competition as a result of the Israel-Gaza war.

Everton, and more recently, Newcastle, had shown interest in signing the Scotland international over the summer.

Konsa is a pillar of the Villa side and Unai Emery cannot afford to lose him. While he has other centre-backs he can call upon – Pau Torres, Tyrone Mings and Victor Lindelof – that Konsa has missed just one of England’s last seven games proves how important a player he is.

Aston Villa made light of playing half the match with 10 men to thrash Crystal Palace 3-0 in the Premier League on Saturday.