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Aston Villa legend Gary Shaw is in a serious condition in hospital after suffering a head injury in a fall.

The Radar column also examines Emiliano Martinezs claim to be the Premier Leagues best goalkeeper having signed a new deal at Aston Villa; watch Aston Villa vs Arsenal, Bmouth vs Newcastle and Liverpool vs Brentford live on Sky Sports this weekend

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Speaking on the Essential Football podcast, Sky Sports digital football journalists, Peter Smith and Laura Hunter say Arsenals trip to Aston Villa will provide them with a difficult test so early in the season.

Arsenal and Aston Villa have similar problem to solve, Ilkay Gündogan returns and transfer whirlwind continues It was intriguing to hear Fabian Hürzeler’s thoughts on the composition of his squad with so much transfer activity at Brighton in the last few days. Hot on the heels of Georgino Rutter and Brajan Gruda, who could both make their debuts against Manchester United on Saturday, Ferdi Kadioglu and Matt O’Riley are the next two potential arrivals at the Amex Stadium if reports are to be believed. But there is a question mark over whether Billy Gilmour will still be part of the squad amid interest from Antonio Conte’s Napoli, despite Hürzeler’s assurances to the contrary. “There are things I can’t influence,” he said. “If a player doesn’t have the feeling that they can do it here, of course, he has to look for another way. The only thing I can say is the players know how we plan with them, and then it’s up to them.” Ed Aarons Brighton v Manchester United, 12.30pm Saturday (all times BST) Aston Villa v Arsenal, 5.30pm Saturday Tottenham v Everton, 3pm Saturday Manchester City v Ipswich Town, 3pm Saturday Continue reading...

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The forward has been told he has no future at ChelseaSterling’s £325,00 weekly wage could be stumbling block Aston Villa have held talks over a move for Raheem Sterling, who is looking for a new challenge after being told that he has no future at Chelsea. Sterling has not been at training since his exclusion against Manchester City last summer and the winger is keen to leave Stamford Bridge before the transfer window shuts next Friday. Continue reading...

Max Rushden is joined by Barry Glendenning, Jonathan Fadugba and Dan Bardell to preview the Premier League games this weekend Rate, review, share on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Audioboom, Mixcloud, Acast and Stitcher, and join the conversation on Facebook, Twitter and email. On the podcast today; Enzo Maresca assures everyone that while Chelsea may look a mess from the outside everything is fine behind closed doors, even if he’s not entirely sure how many players he has. Continue reading...

You can follow the Champions League group-stage draw with our live blog on the Sky Sports website and app; The draw is set to take place at 5pm in Monaco on Thursday August 29; Man City, Arsenal, Liverpool, Aston Villa, Celtic all feature

Hammers also in talks with PSG over loan move for Carlos Soler

Plus: Paul Merson assesses Enzo Maresca and Arne Slots first games in charge of Chelsea and Liverpool respectively, why Raheem Sterling holds all the cards in his standoff at Stamford Bridge and what makes Mohamed Salah so unique.

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