Hours before both teams engaged in their UEFA Champions League phase deciders, Arsenal reportedly launched a late bid for Aston Villa striker Ollie Watkins.

Arsenal have had a bid rejected by Aston Villa for England striker Ollie Watkins; Watkins has scored 10 goals in 23 games for Villa in the Premier League this season; Gunners expected to return with improved offer;

In today's Premier League rumors, Arsenal to bid again for Ollie Watkins, Tyler Dibling linked with Bayern Munich and Steven Gerrard set to leave Al-Ettifaq.

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Arsenal would ‘prefer’ to sign two alternative strikers to Ollie Watkins but have ‘panicked’ in the final week of the transfer window, according to former Gunners midfielder Emmanuel Petit. The north London club are considering making a second offer for England international Watkins after seeing their opening £60m bid rejected by Aston Villa.

Watkins went on to score a decisive third goal, his first in the Champions League, before missing a penalty against Celtic, with Morgan Rogers' hat-trick helping them through

Arsenal are reportedly cooling their interest in Ollie Watkins and turning their attentions back to Benjamin Sesko and Dusan Vlahovic.

How does Ollie Watkins compare with Arsenal's current options? We crunch the numbers to see how the England international has fared in front of goal.

Aston Villa rejected a bid from Arsenal for Ollie Watkins; Jhon Duran set to complete move to Saudi Arabia side Al Nassr in coming days which would leave Watkins as only striker at Villa; Watkins has scored 10 goals in 23 games for Villa in the Premier League this season.

Aston Villa and Celtic have potential automatic qualification to the UEFA Champions League Round of 16 up for grabs.

Watkins ignored the speculation over his future as he rescued Villa with a clinical second-half strike to restore their advantage.