Unai Emery is hopeful he can name Jacob Ramsey in his Aston Villa squad to face Brighton on Monday. The 23-year-old hasn't featured for seven weeks since Villa's 2-0 defeat against Liverpool at Anfield. He suffered a hamstring injury at the end of the first half of the match and was replaced by John McGinn.

Jhon Duran was sent off during Aston Villa's defeat to Newcastle United at St. James' Park on Thursday afternoon, and he has subsequently blown his chance to cement himself above Ollie Watkins in the pecking order, with Unai Emery being proven right for sidelining the Colombian for much of the season.

Aston Villa intend to appeal against the red card received by Jhon Duran for violent conduct against Newcastle United with Unai Emery saying any ban for his striker would be “hard to accept”. Duran, 21,