Aston Villa captain John McGinn insists he and his teammates want to win trophies and achieve big things in the coming season.

The Midlands club are on a huge rise since the appointment of manager Unai Emery.

The Spaniard has led them to Europa Conference League qualification for the new season.

“I'm excited, preparations are bubbling away," McGinn told Villa TV.

“The challenge for us now is last season we surprised a lot of teams and we had an incredible run to get ourselves into Europe. Now the respect will go up and teams will try ten times harder to stop the way we play.

“We've got to embrace it. It's the pressures of playing for a club that want to belong in the European places and try to get in the top six. We need to embrace that the pressure is on.

“We're all looking forward to it. It's a really tough game to start with; they're [Newcastle] a good side at home and our record there isn't great.

“We're in a good place and hopefully preparation continues to go as good as it has been. We're all excited and looking forward to getting up there."