It is a huge seven days of football coming up for Unai Emery's Aston Villa side. The game against West Ham tomorrow is perhaps the least exciting of the three matches Villa will play over the next week.

Only Arsenal (14) are on a longer home unbeaten run in the Premier League than Aston Villa (10). Villa have only had three previous runs of 11 or more unbeaten games at Villa Park, most recently between March and December 2023 when they won 16 out of 17 games.

The race to sign Aston Villa centre-forward Jhon Duran (21) is heating up as Real Madrid have joined PSG and Saudi Pro League Al-Nassr in the running to sign the free-scoring Colombia international,

According to Foot Mercato, Los Blancos have joined the likes of Paris Saint-Germain and Al-Nassr in chasing Duran's signature. But the 21-year-old will not come cheap as he is said to be rated at around £80 million ($100m).