{"id":293940,"date":"2023-10-11T22:26:17","date_gmt":"2023-10-11T22:26:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/?p=293940"},"modified":"2023-10-11T22:26:17","modified_gmt":"2023-10-11T22:26:17","slug":"watkins-wants-his-goals-to-secure-him-an-england-spot-for-euro-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/soccer\/watkins-wants-his-goals-to-secure-him-an-england-spot-for-euro-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Watkins wants his goals to secure him an England spot for Euro 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Ollie Watkins happy to keep out of spotlight with the Aston Villa forward wanting his goals to do the talking to remain in contention for Euro 2024<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Ollie Watkins is in line to earn his\u00a0eighth England cap against Australia on Friday\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The Aston Villa striker was recalled to the squad after a run of goalscoring form<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Listen to the latest episode of Mail Sport&#8217;s podcast &#8216;It&#8217;s All Kicking Off!&#8217;<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Ollie Watkins fears a lack of celebrity status has made his career progression more difficult.<\/p>\n<p>The in-form Aston Villa striker, recalled to the England squad after an 18-month absence, is in line to win his eighth cap against Australia on Friday and is keen to make up for lost time, having missed last year\u2019s World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>The 27-year-old is not an Instagram darling with a famous girlfriend or podcast, but hopes the old-fashioned trick of scoring goals will be enough for him to stay in Gareth Southgate\u2019s plans for Euro 2024.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I go under the radar, I\u2019m not talked about enough profile-wise,\u2019 he says. \u2018I don\u2019t know if it\u2019s because of Villa. You get some players who are popular and out there. I\u2019m not too fussed, I just like playing football. People have told me I need to push my profile but I\u2019m just happy with what I am doing on the pitch.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018The bigger you are, the more you are in the spotlight. It\u2019s not that I don\u2019t want that, but if I am playing well it should come naturally.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/11\/21\/76444537-12620641-image-a-60_1697054947917.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Ollie Watkins is in stunning form after scoring seven goals in 13 matches for Aston Villa<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/11\/21\/76444573-12620641-image-a-61_1697055025017.jpg\" height=\"439\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Watkins is in line to win just his eighth cap for England when they play Australia on Friday<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I don\u2019t really push the social media side. A guy in my agency is always saying to post more on Instagram but I wouldn\u2019t want to put anything out there that\u2019s not authentic.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018If I\u2019m scoring 30 goals a year and someone wants to do a sponsorship deal, they will because I\u2019m doing well on the pitch. I\u2019ve done an M&amp;S campaign and my two-year-old daughter recognised me, but I am content if the fame and followers come, or not.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Watkins timed his run into this England squad by following up a winner at Chelsea with a hat-trick against Brighton in front of Southgate. His return to form has coincided with Unai Emery replacing Steven Gerrard as manager at Villa Park and he has just signed a new five-year contract.<\/p>\n<p>Watkins\u2019 journey has been via Brentford and Exeter rather than a glitzy Premier League academy. While insisting he is not shy, he does not seem to naturally enjoy the limelight.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Someone like Jack (Grealish) is on another level, he\u2019s like a superstar,\u2019 he explains.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018When I was at Brentford, I used to go and shop in Sainsbury\u2019s as normal. I tried to do it at Villa and couldn\u2019t. I had earphones in and people would say, \u201cIs that him?\u201d. When I see people have clocked me, normally I try to avoid it. Not because I don\u2019t want to interact but, once one person asks for a photo, others follow and it\u2019s hard to do the shopping.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I\u2019d come home fuming and said to my missus she will have to do the shop. Since then, I haven\u2019t!<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I wouldn\u2019t say I was the loudest in the room. It takes me a while to warm up. I am comfortable in my own skin and I\u2019m OK with silence. I can sit at a table and listen. It doesn\u2019t mean I am shy or boring, just calm.\u2019<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/11\/21\/76444599-12620641-image-a-62_1697055114945.jpg\" height=\"382\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Watkins has thrived under Unai Emery, left, and signed a new Aston Villa contract this month<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/11\/21\/76444705-12620641-image-m-66_1697055238479.jpg\" height=\"428\" width=\"306\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/11\/21\/76444701-12620641-image-a-67_1697055245023.jpg\" height=\"428\" width=\"306\"><\/p>\n<p>The Villa star will compete with Callum Wilson and Ivan Toney to be Harry Kane&#8217;s understudy<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/11\/21\/76444863-12620641-image-a-68_1697055474674.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Watkins admits fans can be fickle after silencing critics when he scored against Chelsea<\/p>\n<p>Watkins knows it will be some time before Harry Kane is dislodged as England\u2019s main striker, but is in a group with Callum Wilson and Ivan Toney competing to be his main understudy.<\/p>\n<p>After five goalless games to start this season\u2019s Premier League, he greeted his strike at Stamford Bridge by putting his fingers in his ears as a response to critics. Less than a month later he is back with the England elite.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018It\u2019s crazy how quickly things change in football,\u2019 he admits.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I didn\u2019t get called into September\u2019s international camp, then I score four in two games and it gets people talking. As a striker, people will say you are on a drought if you don\u2019t score for a few games. Fans are quite fickle.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Since this manager has come in, I have scored more consistently.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018He is very demanding every day. Then again, I\u2019ve always put pressure on myself.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018If I miss a chance, I can pick at it.\u2019<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off\u00a0is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football, launching with a preview show today and every week this season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube , Apple Music and Spotify<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12620641\/Ollie-Watkins-Aston-Villa-England-Euro-2024.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ollie Watkins happy to keep out of spotlight with the Aston Villa forward wanting his goals to do the talking to remain in contention for Euro 2024 Ollie Watkins is in line to earn his\u00a0eighth England cap against Australia on Friday\u00a0 The&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":293939,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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