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title: "Aston Villa: Ollie Watkins’ £28m price tag has supporters fuming"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Emilio Galantini"
section: "Aston Villa"
published: "2020-09-03T06:20:39Z"
modified: "2020-09-03T06:20:39Z"
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# Aston Villa: Ollie Watkins’ £28m price tag has supporters fuming

**According to an update by journalist John Percy in [The Telegraph](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/), via [@villareport,](https://twitter.com/villareport/status/1301144055750045702) Brentford want £28m for striker Ollie Watkins and talks are ‘ongoing’ with Aston Villa over a potential dea, but some supporters are definitely not happy with his price tag.**

Watkins, who bagged a head-turning [26 goals in all competitions](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/ollie-watkins/leistungsdatendetails/spieler/324358) for the Bees last season, is seen as a priority target by Villa as they look to reinforce their attacking competitions ahead of a busy 2020/21 Premier League campaign.

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Starting in just under a fortnight, the club have little time to sign a potential talisman who can help the club to stave off relegation for the second season running, but the price for Watkins in particular is a heavy £28m.

A fee arguably over the odds for a Championship player, some supporters have been blasting the asking price regardless of his ‘[amazing](https://www.sportsmole.co.uk/football/brentford/news/thomas-frank-lavishes-praise-on-amazing-ollie-watkins_406661.html)‘ ability – prompting many of them to voice their concerns over the ‘ridiculous’ update – here’s what these fans had to say:

> Brentford want £28m for Ollie Watkins. Talks are ongoing. \[[@JPercyTelegraph](https://twitter.com/JPercyTelegraph?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)\] [#avfc](https://twitter.com/hashtag/avfc?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
>
> — villareport (@villareport) [September 2, 2020](https://twitter.com/villareport/status/1301144055750045702?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> it would be daylight robbery if we pay that
>
> — luke 🌹 (@luke1874\_) [September 2, 2020](https://twitter.com/luke1874_/status/1301144187853832192?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Yikes. The fee seems to go up £1m a day.
>
> — Kevin Hughes (@KevHughesie) [September 2, 2020](https://twitter.com/KevHughesie/status/1301145204611833856?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> ridiculous that, could get edouard for about that much
>
> — oliver🤠 (@tales0fsanfran) [September 2, 2020](https://twitter.com/tales0fsanfran/status/1301144516213309442?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Time to fully walk away. Let them keep an unhappy player.
>
> — J\_\_T\_\_T (@AVFC\_\_J\_\_T\_\_T) [September 2, 2020](https://twitter.com/AVFC__J__T__T/status/1301144882728316930?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Walk away Villa, good player but not worth that amount. UTV !!
>
> — Colin Jaynes (@jaynerca) [September 2, 2020](https://twitter.com/jaynerca/status/1301147069160337408?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> 44 million for him and Cash. That’s way over the top.
>
> — Villadub (@Villadub1) [September 2, 2020](https://twitter.com/Villadub1/status/1301147413143584768?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

***Villa fans, should your club back out of talks to sign Watkins? Join the discussion by commenting below…***