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Villa's unwavering belief in Emery
[Getty Images] Villa supporters were queuing for a boat trip on the Salzach river this morning while many gathered around Makartsteg Bridge in the middle of Salzbug. The club had a ticket allocation of just under 7,000 for Wednesday's Super Cup against PSG. The belief behind Unai Emery is unwavering, despite a summer of change which has seen Morgan Rogers, Youri Tielemans and Lucas Digne depart. Add to that a shift in Emery's backroom team, with assistant Paco Ayestaran and key set-piece coach Austin McPhee, who has joined Chelsea, among those to have left. But Emery remains, vital to Villa's hopes having dragged them from a relegation battle to Europa League winners in three-and-a-half years. It is because of Emery that expectation levels remain and captain John McGinn says they should not wane. "Similar to where it's been in the past few seasons," he said, when asked what fans should expect. "I think we've consistently competed with the best in England. I think we've consistently competed with the best in Europe no matter what the competition is. "We'll have our challenges, there's a lot of change, but when you look at other clubs around England, there's a lot of change there as well – a lot of coaches changing, a lot of players changing. "We've still got the same hunger and desire to go and achieve more and as long as we've got the hunger and desire to do that, Aston Villa fans can expect as much as possible." Aston Villa are playing in their first Super Cup since beating Barcelona in 1982 and you will get reaction aplenty on this, your Aston Villa page.




