Micah Richards shares what many don’t realise about 29-year-old Aston Villa star
John McGinn, the midfielder who gave Aston Villa the victory over Arsenal over the weekend, has revealed details about him that a lot of people are unaware of, according to Micah Richards.
Richards made this statement on “The Rest Is Football” following the Scotland international’s goal, which furthered Unai Emery’s team’s assertion that they will contend for the Premier League crown this year.
Under Emery, several players seem to be changing, including John McGinn. Naturally, considering that the 29-year-old joined the Villans before their last season in the Championship, there is no denying that he has been a great addition.
Micah Richards lauds John McGinn after Aston Villa win
But at one point, his form did falter. And when Emery joined the team just a year ago, McGinn wasn’t a fixture in the starting lineup at first. But right now, he’s among the Premier League’s most productive players.
Having spent some time at Villa Park with McGinn, Micah Richards has evidently been a fan of his for a while. Furthermore, he is still not completely certain that he is receiving all the praise he merits.
What did I mention to you? I warned you to be wary of super Johnny McGinn a few years ago. What a shrewd individual! “What a player he is,” he said to Football’s The Rest.
“I was at Aston Villa and we had Grealish. And Grealish was the main man. He was the one who made things tick. He was the flair player. He was the golden boy. But McGinn did all the hard work but had a great left-foot.
Super strong. People don’t understand how strong he is. When he bursts through, and you try and get the ball off him, he gets his big a— in there. And he’s got a great stance where he just says get off me. Great acceleration, the right passing.
And a lot of people laughed when he came down from Scotland. Or can he mix it in the Premier League? After the first training session, I was like, wow, he could shoot, he could tackle. He was good in possession. And it makes it even better when he’s a super nice guy.
So when he’s showing this form – he had a little bit of a dip last season or the end of the season before where you’re thinking, ‘come on, we need more from you, you’re supposed to be one that’s going to lead this team’ – but then he’s got this form back. He’s just oozing with confidence and he’s just putting in performance after performance after performance. And I just knew he would come to this.”
Midfielder leading by example as Villans threaten to enjoy special season
McGinn has shown such constancy. Especially over the last four seasons, he has hardly missed a game. Remarkably, this is his finest goal-scoring season in the Premier League thus far.
He now has four Premier League goals under his belt in addition to a few goals in Europe. Villa is now able to enjoy what could prove to be an incredible season.
To be sure, not many people anticipated this when McGinn left Hibs in 2018 for £2 million.
Leave a Reply