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England striker sustained a knock in the 3-0 win over Wales last week

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Aston Villa will have Ollie Watkins available for this weekend’s Premier League clash against Tottenham.

However, Thomas Tuchel was confident Watkins would be OK for Sunday’s game when speaking earlier in the week and, on Friday, the Villa boss confirmed the 29-year-old will be ready to take on Thomas Frank’s side.

Although influential midfielder Youri Tielemans remains sidelined through injury, Emiliano Buendia and Jadon Sancho are set to join Watkins in the squad that makes the trip to north London.

“Both of them are training normally the whole week, and they will be available for Sunday if they are training well tomorrow,” Emery added.

Ollie Watkins is in contention to face Tottenham

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In a further boost for Villa, Tyrone Mings is closing in on a return to action following a two-game absence and faces a late fitness test to determine his availability against Spurs.

“He’s getting better, progressively,” Emery revealed. “He’s training this week individually to add to us. Tomorrow we will see how he is.

“The idea tomorrow is for him to train with the team and, after the training session, to decide if he will travel with us or not to London.”