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Aston Villa bring in former Barcelona youth coach

Villa have added former Barcelona youth coach Josep Gombau to their coaching staff.

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The former La Masia man will be Villa’s new under-21 head coach having previously held positions with clubs in Hong Kong, Australia, India and the USA, while he also worked as head coach for the Australian Olympic team.

Meanwhile, right-back Matty Cash has hailed the impact of Unai Emery at Villa.

“He’s helping me massively individually and I think what he does for the team and the information and the detail he goes into helps players – you can see the results we’re picking up,” said Cash. “And the way we’re going and the way we’re playing is a credit to him. Everyone has jumped on board and it’s going really good.”