Nicolas Jackson, the archetypal Unai Emery striker (Gift Article)

Nicolas Jackson is Unai Emery's archetypal striker. His ability to repeat sprints - on track to cover similar distance per 90 to Watkins - gliding movements, learning to stay away from the ball and with Villa planning patterns alongside Mbaye & Manzambi, Jackson feels ideal. Free to read: #AVFC

Good write up from the other day by @jacobtanswell.bsky.social on how Jackson fits in at #AVFC. Lots of parallels with the previous #11, although I have noticed so far that he presses the opposition centre halves a little less intensely (or to my eye anyway) www.nytimes.com/athletic/757...