Arsenal tried and failed to sign Ollie Watkins after submitting a bid of just £40million this week, which was swiftly rejected by Unai Emery's side.

Ollie Watkins is happy to stay at Aston Villa, manager Unai Emery said on Friday, after British media reported that Villa had rejected Arsenal's bid for the striker.

Unai Emery, fresh from offloading striker Jhon Duran for £77.5m to Al-Nassr, has confirmed that Ollie Watkins will not be moving to Arsenal before the closure of this transfer window

Arsenal's bid for Ollie Watkins so late in the January transfer window shows a lack of forward planning at the North London club.

Unai Emery has confirmed Ollie Watkins is happy at Aston Villa after Arsenal saw a bid rejected for the player; Villa do not want to sell Watkins as Jhon Duran completes a £64m move to Saudi Arabia

Ollie Watkins has been subject of interest from Premier League rivals Arsenal with Mikel Arteta keen to sign an attacker in the final days of the transfer window

Watkins is also only the second Villa player after Gabriel Agbonlahor to be directly involved in 100 Premier League goals (61 goals, 39 assists)

Arsenal’s intention to make another approach to Aston Villa over Ollie Watkins has been confirmed by Fabrizio Romano.

OLLIE WATKINS is willing to leave Aston Villa in the lurch and join Arsenal, it’s been claimed. The Gunners are hot on the heels of the England striker, who they’ve made their main

Ollie Watkins missed out on a golden opportunity to double Aston Villa's lead against Celtic, leaving fans in shock with his bizarre penalty miss.

Ollie Watkins is ‘open’ to joining Arsenal before the transfer deadline if Aston Villa back down and agree a deal with the Gunners. The future of England striker Watkins looks set to be one of the biggest talking points in the final few days of the transfer window after he was the subject of a big-money offer from Arsenal.

Arsenal have had a bid rejected by Aston Villa for England striker Ollie Watkins; Watkins has scored 10 goals in 23 games for Villa in the Premier League this season; Gunners expected to return with improved offer;