Ollie Watkins - The Football Interview
Football Daily
BBC
4.3 • 4.6K Ratings
🗓️ 10 April 2026
⏱️ 18 minutes
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Summary
In this week’s edition of the Football Interview, Kelly Somers speaks to Aston Villa forward Ollie Watkins. They discuss his journey in football going from playing on loan at Weston-super-Mare in the Conference South to sending England to the Euro 2024 final with a 90th minute winner against the Netherlands. He talks about how seeing a sports therapist, and relationships with key figures such as Unai Emery and Michael Owen have helped him along the way.
2’30 - How he saw not getting into Exeter academy first time round as a blessing, 4’00 - Going out on loan and playing for Weston-super-Mare, 5’20 - How well he did when signing for Brentford, 6’20 - Toughest moment for him and how he’s dealt with it, 7’30 - His relationship with Michael Owen, 9’30 - How Unai Emery has guided him, 10’15 - Working with a sports therapist, 11’20 - The match he'd relive and getting in the World Cup squad, 13’00 - What he was like as a kid and what do people get wrong about him, 15’20 - Proudest moment.
Live / BBC Sounds commentaries: Sat 1500 Brentford v Everton in PL, Sat 1500 Burnley v Brighton in PL (Sports Extra), Sat 1730 Liverpool v Fulham in PL, Sun 1400 Sunderland v Tottenham in PL, Sun 1400 Nottingham Forest v Aston Villa in PL (Sports Extra), Sun 1400 Crystal Palace v Newcastle United in PL (Sports Extra 2), Sun 1630 Chelsea v Manchester City in PL.
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| 0:07.2 | Welcome to the Wayne Rooney show. |
| 0:09.3 | Wayne Rooney, Kay Curd and me, Kelly Somers, |
| 0:11.8 | break down the biggest stories in the Premier League and beyond. |
| 0:14.9 | He's gone in quite quick, but he hasn't caught him high. |
| 0:18.1 | I just don't think it's the red card. |
| 0:19.6 | Plus, we'll hear the funniest and most outrageous stories |
| 0:22.5 | from Wayne's career. |
| 0:23.8 | I was going into positions |
| 0:25.0 | and doing things |
| 0:25.7 | that shouldn't have really been doing, |
| 0:26.9 | but you do it |
| 0:27.7 | because you feel like you have to |
| 0:28.8 | and I helped us drive on |
| 0:29.9 | and win the FA Club. |
| 0:31.1 | The Wayne Rooney Show. |
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| 0:36.6 | The Football Interview on the Football Daily podcast. |
| 0:42.3 | I'm Kelly Summers and this season I'll be interviewing some of the biggest names in football, |
| 0:46.9 | asking them the questions they don't normally get asked as I try to find out more about the |
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| 0:54.1 | The first half will be on football the second on their life away from the game. |
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