WARRIORS’ midfielder Marvelous Nakamba could make his much-anticipated debut for English Premiership football side Aston Villa in a Carabao Cup second-round clash against League Two side Crewe tonight.

The 25-year-old former Bantu Rovers star joined the Birmingham-based club for a reported fee of £10.8 million from Belgian giants Club Brugge close to a month ago, but he is yet to feature for the English top-flight returnees.

Yet, Aston Villa manager Dean Smith hasn’t made it a secret that Nakamba is the type of player who suits his philosophy.

The Zimbabwean — who got injured in the opening game of the African Cup of Nations match against hosts Egypt in June — was reportedly still to catch up with his new teammates’ fitness levels over the last three weeks.

Nakamba, along with about three other new signings, haven’t been able to make it into the team, three weeks since the 2019-20 English Premiership season started.

Villa won their first league outing, a 2-0 triumph over Everton at Villa Park on Friday night, to ease mounting pressure on Smith’s charges which followed a disastrous 1-3 loss to Tottenham before they lost 1-2 at home to Bournemouth in their second match of the new season.

They are 16th on the 20-team log with three points to their name, six behind leaders Liverpool.

And with Zimbabweans back home eagerly awaiting for their hero’s maiden appearance in the Villa colours, it appears, they could wait no more after Smith hinted to the Birmingham Mail that the Highlanders Juniors’ product may start in the Carabao Cup encounter against Crewe tonight.

In fact, Aston Villa make the trip to Crewe Alexandra tonight for the Carabao Cup second round.
And according to reports from Birmingham, Smith is expected to make a number of changes following Villa’s brilliant Friday night’s 2-0 victory over Everton at a raucous Villa Park.State media