Aston Villa Defender Tyrone Mings focuses on a new top-end finish in the Premier League and has his eyes on a trophy to end the 30-year-old silver crowd of Villa.
The 32-year-old is ready for a new season, which starts with Newcastle United’s visit in the Premier League on Saturday.
Mings knows the immediate challenge. He played under Newcastle manager Eddie Howe before he came to Villa from AFC Bournemouth and permanently signed after the promotion of the club from the championship.
“Knowledge of Eddie Howe as I know him, they will be very intense, they will be fit to be pre-season,” Mings told the Official club website.
“I expect a very difficult afternoon, but one that we can also look forward to. What a great way to start the season at home for our fans against Newcastle. I am sure it will be a great day.”
Mings sets a difficult target for 2025/26
Mings and his Villa teammates will hope that it is the first great day of many, because they try to reach another good Premier League finish and to keep their place in the European competition after three consecutive years of qualification.
The defender with 18 international caps Is aware of such a target is never easy to reach, given the level of competition in the Premier League every season.
The former Villa captain is not someone who goes out of the way and he knows what is in front of the team.
“It is the most difficult competition in the world and the competition always improves,” he said.
“Every time I look at the Premier League, the table and the teams in it and the squadrons they have, it is so difficult. That makes it so great and why so many people coordinate all over the world, because it is so competitive.”
Since the arrival of Unai Emery in Midland, Aston Villa has been converted into a regular continental challenger instead of the middle side of the center covering prior to the term of office of the Spaniard.
Villa has been converted into regular European qualifications under Unai Emery. Mings, who was replaced as a captain by former manager Steven Gerrard, believes that Emery is the man who leads Villa to a first big trophy since the Coca-Cola Cup in 1996.
“The manager is great at making one game at the same time and how he prepares for games,” added the English international.
“It will be a difficult season, but every season is difficult. Our ambition must be European football again and must be a trophy. There is more than one way to do that: winning the FA Cup, winning the Carabao Cup or winning the Europa League. There are different ways to go in, but in the end it is about delivering European football for the club.”
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