Villa manager Emery confirms McGinn's return date

"McGinn has already been sidelined for a week, and it appears he will need another two to three weeks to recover," Emery stated. "At this point, we anticipate he will be out for a total of three to four weeks."

"When someone is injured it is not good for the players and for us," he added. "But analysing his performances before he was injured he needed to improve and increase his performance levels. We were working with him on his focus.

"Now he is injured we must stay calm and work to recover as soon as possible - and hopefully we can work on the things he was not doing like he has been doing for the last two years. Trying to fit better into the system and getting better performances from him and the team when he comes back."