Aston Villa's manager, Unai Emery, reacted to a slow performance of the first half of his team in the shock of Saturday's Premier League with wolves when making four substitutions during the interval.
Among the players to leave was the star striker Ollie Watkins, who was recently subject to an Arsenal transfer offer, which Villa rejected.
Watkins only touched the ball 12 times during the 45 minutes of opening in Molineux and could not register a single shot.
However, its elimination of the game may be due to a problem of physical aptitude, instead of only its low performance, since the 29 -year -old man seemed to collect an injury shortly before the break.
Watkins required prolonged attention from Villa's medical team after it fell awkwardly after a collision in the air with the goalkeeper of Lobos José Sa.
Villa was losing 1-0 thanks to a 12-minute strike by Jean-Crayner Bellegare when Emery withdrew to Watkins, Jacob Ramsey, Andres García and Lucas Digne. His replacements were Leon Bailey, Donyell Malen, Ian Maatsen and Amadou Onana.
Ollie Watkins was uploaded half a while after a frustrating 45 minutes in Wolves on Saturday
Watkins only touched the ball 12 times and seemed to suffer an injury in a crash with José Sa
With his team losing 1-0, Aston Villa Unai Emery manager made four substitutions in the long time
Watkins has appeared in the 24 Games of the Premier League of Villa so far this season, scoring 11 goals.
His status as one of the most invaluable players in Villa was improved earlier this week when the eaves of the center of the Jhon Duran center was sold to Al-Nassr in Saudi Arabia for £ 64.5 million.
Duran had been a submarine in the Champions League on Wednesday night when Villa beat Celtic 4-2 to ensure a place in the 16th round.
Watkins found the network in that game, while Morgan Rogers stole the show by scoring a hat-trick.
But Villa was returned to Earth with a lump on Saturday.
Despite making a slight improvement after the quadruple substitution of Emery, Villa could not find an equalizer and finally lost 2-0 after Matheus Cunha reached a second goal from the wolves in the detention time.
After failing with its initial offer for Watkins, Arsenal was expected to present another offer for the International of England.
However, Duran's departure apparently reduced the probability that Villa entertain the idea of selling to Watkins this winter.
Among the players brought by a visibly scored Emery there were no 24 amadou onana (right)
Watkins had been the subject of a transfer offer from Arsenal in the preparation for Saturday's game
Villa was losing 1-0 in the half-time courtesy of a 12th minute goal by Jean-Crayner Bellegare
In addition, a significant injury would surely end all the hope of an agreement in the middle of the season.
However, it is understood that Watkins is interested in a possible movement to the Emirates stadium.
He has not hidden that he is a Arsenal fan. In 2020, when I was still playing for Brentford, Watkins said in the London Football Awards: 'That is the dream, playing for arsenal one day. But, you know, it's a remote possibility.
Watkins also said at that time that the legend of the Gunners, Thierry Henry, was his idol when he was growing.
