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Aston Villa new boy Ollie Watkins scored 26 times for Brentford in the Championship last season, yet Dean Smith says the striker was disappointed with that tally.

Villa spent a reported £28million – potentially rising to £33m – to sign the 24-year-old earlier this month, with the forward scoring on his debut in the EFL Cup against Burton Albion.

Watkins is likely to start against Sheffield United on Monday, and Smith has revealed the pacy frontman was frustrated not to have scored 10 more goals than he did in the second tier last season.

"He scored 26 goals last season, but he was disappointed and thought he should have scored 36," Smith told a news conference.