West Hamput a cat amongst the pigeons with an audacious £57million bid for Aston Villa's Jhon Duran this week - which Unai Emery admits has unsettled the striker and the rest of his squad

It is a huge seven days of football coming up for Unai Emery's Aston Villa side. The game against West Ham tomorrow is perhaps the least exciting of the three matches Villa will play over the next week.

Wolverhampton Wanderers forward Matheus Cunha is attracting significant interest from Premier League clubs, with clubs such as Manchester United, Chelsea, and Arsenal credited with an interest. But

Aston Villa manager Unai Emery was asked about the speculation surrounding Jhon Duran ahead of his side's Premier League clash against West Ham on Sunday (4:30pm)

Ollie Watkins started the game in attack for the visitors before being joined by Jhon Duran, but Unai Emery admitted his move backfired

Aston Villa boss Unai Emery has said he fears his side's 1-0 defeat to AS Monaco on Tuesday may have cost them their chance to finish in the top eight of the Champions League.

Aston Villa boss Unai Emery says he and his players must remain focused on the game against West Ham despite transfer speculation.

"Getting top eight is very important as we play fewer matches and we can try to enjoy it and compete at our best, individually and collectively. "But it will be very difficult."

Aston Villa 's Champions League qualification fate will go down to the final league phase match after they lost 1-0 at Monaco. Unai Emery's side could have put one foot in the last 16 had they emerged from the Principality with victory, but they succumbed to Wilfried Singo's early goal and were unable to find a way back.

According to reports, Aston Villa could yet step away from their pursuit to sign one particular reinforcement.