Aston Villa's holding company, V Sports, have now been confirmed as a minority shareholder in FC Annecy. Villa already have existing partnerships with Vitoria S.C., Real Union, Vissel Kobe, ZED FC and ASEC Mimosas. 🌍 #AVFC

Aston Villa will play PSG in the UEFA Super Cup on Wednesday, August 12 at Stadion Salzburg in Austria. 🏆 #AVFC

🚨 #AVFC increase season tickets and match-by-match tickets by 5% for the second year running, while Champions League tickets will cost up to £99 for non-ST holders. A Zone 1 adult ST will cost £997.50, or £1,297.50 with a four-match UCL bundle included.

Pep Guardiola: "We played against an incredible team. Unai, what a manager - an incredible human being. Congratulations for them for winning the Europa League. They will be an incredible Premier League contender in the future." #AVFC

Erling Haaland: "Respect to the Villa [for two guard of honours] and the players for that. It touched a little bit actually. I'd never seen it before." [Man City] #AVFC

Ollie Watkins: "Stones and Bernardo are unbelievable payers. They are world class. It was nice to give them a send off today on such a special day. I'm glad we could show some respect to them." #AVFC

Ollie Watkins: "Unbelievable week, What we have achieved so far is indescribable. To finish on a high like that today is top. A week to remember." [Sky] #AVFC

Ollie Watkins: "A few boys dropped out because we had a heavy couple of nights. I ended up playing today, everything happens for a reason. I got the two goals and we ended on a high." [Sky] #AVFC

Unai Emery thought Aston Villa's comeback win against Man City - just days after their Europa League triumph - summed up their season and character. "Outstanding. The performance was outstanding and the reaction was a summary of the season." 💪 #AVFC

Unai Emery: "Tyrone Mings played matches not winning, and finished games not physically good, but today he did a fantastic game - he was a protagonist in defence and with the ball." #AVFC

Unai Emery: "We want to be demanding - the club and the supporters. Next year the club will work to add 8,000 people in the stadium. Hopefully this process will help us to be challenging, always looking forward and up." #AVFC

Unai Emery: "Ollie Watkins is a fighter. He is a warrior. How he finishes the season is really fantastic. Tammy was sick. Maybe at the beginning we thought to give him less minutes, but he was angry about scoring more goals." #AVFC

Unai Emery: "We spoke in the dressing room about respect. Today the respect we had to do was for us. The Europa League was done and the league we competed for fourth. The respect was inside. We played seriously and disciplined." #AVFC

Unai Emery confirmed that the gift he gave Pep Guardiola was a lion, presumably a small replica of the statue at Villa Park. "It is for his career and everything he is giving to the footballing world," Emery said. #AVFC

Unai Emery: "Leon Bailey, what a match he did today - what a match he did. I am so proud of how we played in the circumstances we are in." #AVFC

Ollie Watkins is the first player in Premier League history to score a brace against each of Man City, Liverpool and Chelsea in the same campaign. #AVFC

#AVFC end their Premier League season in fourth place after coming from behind to claim their first league win at Man City in over 19 years. Ollie Watkins scored his 15th and 16th league goals of the season to turn the game on its head after half-time. 🔥

GOAL: OLLIEEE WATKINSSS! A top goal from Watkins, who races onto Ross Barkley's pass, before keeping his cool and finishing past James Trafford. VAR gave the goal after an initial offside call. Man City 1-2 #AVFC

Aston VIlla fans to Pep Guardiola: "You're getting sacked in the morning..." #AVFC

GOAL: OLLIEE WATKINSSS! He finds himself in the right place at the right time, picking up the pieces in the box as Man City failed to clear Leon Bailey's corner. Man City 1-1 #AVFC

HT: Man City lead through Antoine Semenyo. Marco Bizot made an impressive save to deny Tijjani Reijnders shortly before the break, but Leon Bailey should have done better in transition just moments later. Man City 1-0 #AVFC

GOAL: Antoine Semenyo scores for Man City. Andres Garcia failed to clear the danger at the front post from a corner. Man City 1-0 #AVFC

Unai Emery presented Pep Guardiola with a small gift on behalf of Aston Villa ahead of his final match managing Man City. Class. 👏 #AVFC

We're underway at the Etihad Stadium... Man City 0-0 #AVFC

Tyrone Mings takes the captains armband for Aston Villa this afternoon. ©️ #AVFC

Man City starting XI vs #AVFC: Trafford, Lewis, Stones, Dias, Ake, Nico, Bernardo, Reijnders, Foden, Savinho, Semenyo. Subs: Bettinelli, Marmoush, Kovacic, Cherki, Doku, Ait-Nouri, Gvardiol, Nunes, Alleyne.

#AVFC starting XI vs Man City: Bizot; Garcia, Lindelof, Mings, Maatsen; Bogarde, Luiz; Bailey, Barkley, Buendia; Watkins. Subs: Wright, Cash, McGinn, Tielemans, Digne, Torres, Onana, Hemmings, Burrowes.

Unai Emery wants to achieve even more success with #AVFC and believes that Europa League glory can help reduce the gap to the commercial 'big six'. "To do more is my dream. This is a huge challenge and I want to get myself here this ambitious challenge."

Now it feels real… 😍🏆 #AVFC

Unai Emery on Man City match: "I will try to be serious and try to get the best starting XI players, respecting the competition ... but is not easy! Sorry, it is not easy." 😂 #AVFC

Unai Emery: "It's the best season we have done since I have been here - with the league position and the Europa League. Man City have lost the league, but congratulations to Arsenal. It is my honour to face Pep Guardiola. He is an inspiration. The only genius is him." #AVFC

Unai Emery says he has not yet decided whether #AVFC will sign either Jadon Sancho or Douglas Luiz on a permanent basis. "We are ambitious. I only want to improve and get better next year. The decisions we take will be in this direction." www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/footba...

John McGinn admits Aston Villa's Europa League triumph marks the "proudest night" of his career. "Tonight was everything we built coming together. The pride I felt with 10 minutes to go knowing we were about to be champions - I can't describe it." #AVFC

Unai Emery on Emi Buendia: "Even when I substituted him at 80 minutes, he was angry. Two days ago he didn't train. I spoke with him this morning, 'Are you ok? Are you 100%? Yes? Then play'. When I changed him he was angry. It's his competitive way. I understand it." #AVFC

Unai Emery: "We are improving. We are playing finals. We are winning trophies. I think the brand as well is increasing. This we need as well. The brand is very important. And how football watches us. As a team, ambitious and improving. This is our next step." [TNT] #AVFC

Unai Emery on Austin MacPhee: "He's a fantastic creator. The hours in each training session each day to try to get as best as possible our challenges in set pieces. Congratulations to Austin for how he does his job." [TNT] #AVFC

In his unveiling in November 2022, Unai Emery said: "My dream is to win a trophy with Aston Villa, it’s my personal challenge at the beginning. And my second dream, my objective could be to play with Aston Villa in Europe." #AVFC

Unai Emery: "We must try to be proud of everything we are doing with our supporters. And of course as well how this club won the title in 1982. And again competing for a title in Europe is something which makes sense of everything we are doing." [TNT] #AVFC

Aston Villa's open-top bus victory parade after winning the Europa League will take place tomorrow (Thursday) at 4:30pm. The parade will begin in the Jewellery Quarter and cover a route of ~4.5km. It is expected to last between 60-90 minutes. #AVFC

John McGinn wants Prince William to join Aston Villa's party in Istanbul after winning the Europa League. What a sentence that is... #AVFC

John McGinn: "I've got a few years left [at Villa]. With this guy in charge, anything's possible. It's important to keep building. It will be very very difficult to knock the big cheeser [smile] off my face tonight." [TNT] #AVFC

John McGinn: "I'm biased, but we have a great set piece coach in Austin MacPhee. We tried to deceive a bit with the set piece. We did it against Liverpool at the weekend. Youri has great quality to find the goal. It'd have been over the bar if it were me!" [TNT] #AVFC

John McGinn: "Tonight was everything we built coming together. The pride I felt with 10 minutes to go knowing we were about to be champions - I can't describe it." [TNT] #AVFC

John McGinn: "I can't believe it. What we've been through as a club, this club is close to being in a right bad way seven years ago. V Sports bought the club over. Their one remit was to get it back to the Premier League and back to the levels of before." [TNT] #AVFC

Ezri Konsa: "The fans have been with us through thick and thin for us, travelled everywhere. This is for them!" [TNT] #AVFC

Ezri Konsa: "I don't think it's sunk in yet. I said not long ago how much of a journey it's been. Seven years at this club, lots of ups and downs. To finally bring back some silverware for the club and fans, it's amazing. It's something I can't really describe." [TNT] #AVFC

Ezri Konsa: "If you saw my letter I said 'believe'. If you did - thank you. This is for you." [TNT] #AVFC

Ollie Watkins: "Youri ran the show in the midfield. And Victor has done so well since he's come in, he was my player of the match today." [TNT] #AVFC

Ollie Watkins on Unai Emery: "He was really calm today in the build up. Sometimes in league games he's anxious because he wants to get the win but today he was calm and that set the tone for us boys." [TNT] #AVFC

Ollie Watkins: "An unbelievable experience. Look at this. It's what you dream of. Sometimes you have ups and downs but we pulled through in the end, we pushed on, we got Champions League football. It's so special. All of these fans - it's indescribable." [TNT] #AVFC