New signing Danny Ings is looking forward to the challenge of helping Aston Villa realise its ambitions and is confident the club “can achieve great things”.
The England striker signed for Villa on Wednesday evening, penning a three-year deal from Southampton for an undisclosed fee.
Ings is the club’s fourth signing of the summer and the 29-year-old sat down with VillaTV at Bodymoor Heath for his first interview since sealing the move.
“The club itself is a huge club, as everybody knows, you can see the direction that the owners and everyone wants to take the club,” he said.
“It’s a huge club with a huge reputation and huge expectation from the fans.
“But it was a challenge I couldn’t really shy away from and a challenge that I’m looking forward to.”
He added: “It is a tough challenge, a club like this should be competing for Europe with its history and everything else.
“Hopefully I can play my part in achieving that but there’s definitely a lot of good times to look forward to for this football club.”
Ings moves to the midlands from the south coast having previously lined up for Liverpool, Burnley and AFC Bournemouth.
And he’s really looking forward to playing in front of the Villa faithful at Villa Park and showing the club’s supporters what he can do.
Asked about the positive reception he’s received from Villa fans on social media since putting pen to paper, he said: “It means a lot.
“Everywhere I’ve been in my career, one of the biggest things for me is to get that bond with the fans as quick as possible and I’ve managed to do that at every other club that I’ve been at, and this is no different.
“I’m really, really looking forward to running out in front of them at Villa Park and showing them what I can do.”
He continued: “It’s a great stadium, great fans, as I said before, great history, and I think all together with myself and the other signings, and the great squad that’s already here, I’m sure we can achieve great things.”
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