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’STEELY’ VILLA ON COURSE TO MAKE STEP-UP

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The LeaguePaper Team
22 April 2018

By Rich Dore
CHAMPIONSHIP

FOCUS: Conor Hourihane

CONOR Hourihane has hailed Aston Villa’s steely determination and believes the club is destined to make it back to the Premier League.
The 27-year-old Ireland midfielder has been a key cog in the Villa midfield this campaign and, as the business end of the season approaches, the club are in the play-off places and fighting for promotion. Villa, of course, last played in the top tier of English football in the 2015- 16 season, with Hourihane firmly of the belief the club can get back there imminently.
“We certainly need to finis...

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