Aston Villa returned to action in a pre-season friendly against Walsall, seeing fans rave about one player. Unai Emery got the first chance to assess his Aston Villa side ahead of the 2024/25 season on Wednesday evening, as the Villans played Walsall to open their pre-season schedule. The fixture saw the manager field two entirely different XI’s in the first and second half, in a game that ended 3-0 to the Premier League squad, with goals courtesy of Morgan Rogers (x2) and Louie Barry. One talking point was the exclusion of Moussa Diaby, whose future has been speculated over the past week as A…