Aston Villa are monitoring the fitness of key midfielder Jacob Ramsey this week.

The Midlands club will be without John McGinn for their upcoming game after he got a red card against Tottenham in the Premier League.

Per the Express and Star, Villa are hoping that Ramsey could return before the international break.

“We are waiting to see if he's getting better to start training," said manager Unai Emery, when asked if he had an update on Ramsey's fitness.

“This week it could be but it's not completely sure he'll be ready."

“We have Tim [Iroegbunam] in the squad and he played on Thursday in Amsterdam and on Sunday 20 minutes," added Emery.

“We also have Douglas Luiz and (Youri) Tielemans, they are of course two similar players and sometimes when they play they need one stopper player close to them.

“I'm going to give the opportunities, either with Tim or playing Tielemans and Luiz there and try to protect them."