Donyell's debut and a milestone for Ollie

There's been plenty happening in the world of Aston Villa over the past week, and social media has been as lively as always. 

From a Champions League trip to Monaco followed by a Premier League draw with West Ham United - which saw Donyell Malen make his debut for the club - to Villa's January business continuing, several players across both men's and women's teams have been sharing updates across social media. 

Here are some of the posts you may have missed from throughout the past seven days...

Donyell's debut, JJ's first of the season, and Ollie's milestone

Sunday brought an eventful Premier League visit of West Ham United, with Unai Emery's side held to a 1-1 draw at Villa Park. 

The game saw Donyell Malen make his debut in claret and blue, Jacob Ramsey score his first league goal of the season and Ollie Watkins hit a special milestone, becoming only the second Villan in history to record 100 Premier League goal involvements for the club. 

The three were among Villa's players to share updates after the game...

We go again in the Champions League

Last Tuesday brought a setback in the Champions League, as Emery's men were defeated 1-0 in Monaco. 

Emi Buendía, Lucas Digne and Lamare Bogarde took to X to offer messages of encouragement after the game...

Farewell to Diego, Dali and Gregory 

The January window has seen us bid farewell to three more Villans over the past week, as Diego Carlos left for Fenerbahçe, Kenza Dali completed a move to San Diego Wave, and Freya Gregory joined Newcastle United. 

The three took to social media to say goodbye to the Villa faithful...

New Year, new training gear

Last week brought the launch of our all-new, olive, mid-season training wear, available online and from the Villa Store now. Matty Cash modelled the new look on Instagram...

The World's Number One

Emi Martínez collected yet another accolade, as his super stop at Nottingham Forest in mid-December was voted the Premier League Save of the Month. He shared his gratitude on Instagram...

Welcome, Andrés

Last Tuesday saw us complete our second signing of the January transfer window, welcoming right-back Andrés García from Levante. The Spaniard shared a simple message on Instagram, after putting pen to paper...

Loan players in form

Three of our players have netted for their loan clubs over the past week. There was a first in Norwich colours for Lewis Dobbin at the weekend, while last midweek, Tommi O'Reilly scored on his MK Dons debut, and Samuel Iling-Jr notched for Bologna, in a Champions League win over Dortmund. 

The trio shared their pride across their official channels...