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title: "Aston Villa: Fans buzz as Wesley returns to training  "
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author: "Charlie Smith"
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published: "2021-03-10T14:40:30Z"
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# Aston Villa: Fans buzz as Wesley returns to training

**Plenty of Aston Villa fans have been sharing their delight at the [club’s official Twitter post on Tuesday afternoon](https://twitter.com/AVFCOfficial/status/1369330709924610055) regarding striker Wesley Moraes.**

The 24-year-old has been out of action for over 12 months after suffering a [serious knee injury against Burnley on New Year’s Day last year](https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/aston-villa-training-confirms-player-20027999).

Since then, Dean Smith’s side have gone from strength to strength, [avoiding relegation on the last day of the 2019/20 campaign](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/53460591) and racking up [40 points after just 26 games this season](https://www.premierleague.com/tables).

New striker Ollie Watkins has thrived since his arrival at Villa Park, scoring [12](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/ollie-watkins/leistungsdaten/spieler/324358) goals in all competitions.

Wesley, who cost Villa [£22.5m back in 2019](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/wesley/transfers/spieler/381362), has made [22](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/wesley/leistungsdatendetails/spieler/381362) appearances for the club, scoring [six](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/wesley/leistungsdatendetails/spieler/381362) goals.

It seems as if a long-awaited return to the first-team fold to challenge Watkins for a starting spot could be gathering pace, though, after he was pictured in training.

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The [club shared three images](https://twitter.com/AVFCOfficial/status/1369330709924610055) from behind the scenes at training, with one fan descirbing the reveal as ‘excellent’.

### These Villa fans were buzzing at the post

**“Quality to see. Hopefully can kick on from where he left off before getting injured”**

[Credit: @ryanavfc7](https://twitter.com/ryanavfc7/status/1369336496919023623)

**“yessssss”**

[Credit: @lrwelizabeth](https://twitter.com/lrwelizabeth/status/1369333261080625152)

**“get him in the team ASAP and give Watkins a hand”**

[Credit: @pjhollis74](https://twitter.com/pjhollis74/status/1369356478314856453)

**“Great to see”**

[Credit: @Mattjacques2](https://twitter.com/Mattjacques2/status/1369342445163515909)

**“Excellent to see Wesley again. Can’t wait for him to be back on the pitch”**

[Credit: @VillaNoFiller](https://twitter.com/VillaNoFiller/status/1369337758968406024)

**“Genuinely love our Wes”**

[Credit: @\_CamMatthews](https://twitter.com/_CamMatthews/status/1369336398436827146)

**“Oh he’s beautiful”**

[Credit: @NCAVFC](https://twitter.com/NCAVFC/status/1369331162397736965)

***In other news: Plenty of Villa fans have been having their say on Johan Lange’s summer plans, find out more [here](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/aston-villa-news/aston-villa-fans-react-to-news-around-johan-lange/).***