Unai Emery was given the first chance to properly assess his squad on Wednesday evening as Aston Villa battled Walsall in their first pre-season friendly. Aston Villa’s opening challenge of pre-season ended in a 3-0 win to Unai Emery’s side, as the Premier League club duelled with League Two Walsall. The Spaniard fielded two entirely different XI’s in the first and second half, seeing two goals netted before the interval by Morgan Rogers. Right before the final whistle, academy ace Louie Barry added the third in a bid to impress the boss after his 2023/24 loan spell with Stockport. It was a ch…
