Keinan Davis is still yet to open his senior account but the early signs are promising indeed for Aston Villa’s latest teenage talent.
Andre Green’s superb start to the season for Aston Villa has had Premier League scouts mopping their brows according to The Mirror, with Manchester United, Tottenham, Arsenal and Liverpool tracking a player who is making waves in the first-team a decade after joining the academy.
Yet, Villa have high hopes for another 19-year-old, albeit one who hasn’t quite made the same impact in the first-team as of yet.
Keinan Davis (below left, alongside Rushian Hepburn-Murphy) may have only started two league games this season, he may still be without a senior goal in nine appearances in Villa colours, but there’s a growing feeling that there is something quite spectacular just around the corner.
It’s no coincidence that a previously goal-shy Villa found the clinical streak once Davis was brought into the starting XI for their 4-2 battering of Norwich City last month.
The Stevenage-born teen may not have got his name on the scoresheet but he bullied The Canaries’ defenders into submission with a performance that combined aggression and eye-catching technique. He even nabbed an assist to boot.
The kids are alright
Furthermore, with Jonathan Kodjia and Scott Hogan enduring injury-stricken starts to the season and Ross McCormack (below) still out of the first-team picture, Davis looks set for an extended run in the side alongside fellow teenage talent Green.
Villa haven’t had much luck spending big in a desperate attempt to return to the Premier League but Steve Bruce would be best served to ignore the immortal words of Alan Hansen and give the kids a chance.
Because Davis is shaping up to be the surprise of the season already.
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