Duran was a natural goalscorer but not a natural team player, and remember at one point it looked like Ollie Watkins might have been allowed to go to Arsenal. Watkins is a team player, Rashford has become one again in the short term and Asensio is a versatile class act.

Aston Villa earned a 3-1 win away to Club Brugge in the first leg of their Champions League last-16 tie in Belgium on Tuesday, thanks to an own goal and a penalty kick in the final eight minutes.

Speaking to the BBC's Champions League show, Smith said: "Of Villa's January signings, it was Marcus Rashford who captured the imagination in England most because he's Marcus Rashford and because of everything that happened at Manchester United.

MARCUS RASHFORD’S brother Dane was welcomed into the Aston Villa family in a Bruges pub. Footage shared by ITV showed fans serenading about the on-loan Manchester United forward with brother

This season, Michael Hincks is on the ground following Aston Villa’s Champions League adventure. You can stay up-to-date by subscribing hereJAN BREYDEL STADIUM — While Morgan Rogers stood in front of the garish blue billboard after full-time clutching Uefa’s Player of the Match award,

Tyrone Mings gifted Brugge the penalty that led to Aston Villa's first defeat in this season's Champions League but played a key role as Unai Emery's men secured a commanding lead in the last 16

Four months after Tyrone Mings’ astonishing clanger in Bruges, it was this time Aston Villa who were the beneficiaries of two remarkable errors.

Manchester United forward Marcus Rashford has made a fine start to life on loan with Aston Villa and his family were present in Bruges.

ASTON VILLA have one foot in the Champions League quarter-finals – thanks to Brugge’s masked avenger Brandon Mechele! The Brugge defender with the protective face mask blundered