{"id":294395,"date":"2023-10-11T22:26:12","date_gmt":"2023-10-11T22:26:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allmysportsnews.com\/?p=294395"},"modified":"2023-10-11T22:26:12","modified_gmt":"2023-10-11T22:26:12","slug":"watkins-wants-his-goals-to-secure-him-an-england-spot-for-euro-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allmysportsnews.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 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":294394,"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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