Aston Villa defender Ezri Konsa has hailed the impact of manager Unai Emery.

Villa's players have enjoyed a first preseason under Emery.

"It feels amazing, everyone is enjoying coming to training every day," he told Sky Sports. "We are all close, when the boss came in, he wanted us to be like a family, a small family. I would say that ever since he has come in that is what we have been. I feel that on the pitch we trust each other more and we are getting results from it.

"I have improved massively under him. His CV speaks for itself, his experience, the players he has worked with and the clubs for which he has worked. I am only going to improve by working with him more. I am looking forward to having a full season under him.

"He likes to do it slightly differently to what we are used to. When the ball goes over your head, the way you need to turn is completely different to what I and a few of the other boys have been taught. We are all getting used to it and we are all enjoying it.

"Tyrone Mings has more experience than me and he is still learning. Diego Carlos has lots of experience playing in different countries and he is still learning as well. We are all still learning and we enjoy coming into training every day and learning new things."