{"id":250065,"date":"2025-11-07T21:33:11","date_gmt":"2025-11-07T21:33:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/250065\/"},"modified":"2025-11-07T21:33:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T21:33:11","slug":"aston-villa-fans-will-absolutely-love-what-john-mcginn-just-said-after-signing-new-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/250065\/","title":{"rendered":"Aston Villa fans will absolutely love what John McGinn just said after signing new contract"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"John<\/p>\n

Credit: Imago<\/p>\n

\"Tom <\/p>\n

Fri 7 November 2025 18:15, UK <\/p>\n

John McGinn is a modern-day Aston Villa legend, and supporters will be delighted that he will continue carving his legacy in B6.<\/p>\n

McGinn was signed for a bargain \u00a32.8million<\/a> from Hibernian in the summer of 2018, and since then, the Scottish machine has become Aston Villa\u2019s<\/a> beating heart. <\/p>\n

From winning promotion to the Championship in 2019 to qualifying for the Champions League in 2024, the 31-year-old has endured a journey few get to experience during their careers. <\/p>\n

The Scotsman embodies exactly what it means to wear claret and blue, combining his incredible levels of energy, tenacity and skill to lead Unai Emery\u2019s<\/a> men into their most successful period in decades. <\/p>\n

So, when McGinn signed a new contract at Aston Villa<\/a> until 2028 on Wednesday (November 5), supporters were understandably delighted. <\/p>\n

\"JohnCredit: ImagoJohn McGinn never considered leaving Aston Villa<\/p>\n

A new deal for the all-action midfielder put an end to any distant transfer speculation, as McGinn drew interest from Newcastle<\/a> and Everton in August. <\/p>\n

Football Insider also revealed that Celtic have been strong admirers of McGinn<\/a>, yet the Villa captain only ever wanted to remain in B6. <\/p>\n

MORE FOOTBALL INSIDER STORIES<\/p>\n

\u201cI had no thoughts really about leaving. It was a little bit of a confidence booster for me, at the age I am, that teams would be interested,\u201d McGinn said via the Birmingham Mail<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut I think most clubs around the country were aware that we had to be in a selling position this summer, so no one was not safe from that, but no one was unavailable for transfer.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut when my situation arose, the club made it clear from the first minute that I wasn\u2019t for sale and I was important here. I\u2019m the captain, and I was valued still so highly. They made that clear.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere was no sort of grey area. I was told right away, so from that day my head was completely fine. I trusted those that said it \u2013 the manager, Damian, Nassef, Wes \u2013 they were all clear that they wanted me to be around, and they still felt that I had so much more to give.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"JohnCredit: ImagoWhat\u2019s left for McGinn to achieve at Aston Villa<\/p>\n

Loyalty is rare in football these days, as players will regularly jump ship at the chance to earn more money. <\/p>\n

But McGinn understands the importance of being valued and knows he isn\u2019t getting the same level of treatment elsewhere.<\/p>\n

That is why the former Hibernian man is on his way to becoming a Villa legend \u2013 if he isn\u2019t already \u2013 and he can cement that legacy by lifting a trophy. <\/p>\n

The last time the Villans lifted silverware was the League Cup in 1996, and how supporters would love him to win the Europa League or FA Cup this season. <\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Credit: Imago Fri 7 November 2025 18:15, UK John McGinn is a modern-day Aston Villa legend, and supporters…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":250066,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[2604,218,35844,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-250065","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-aston-villa","tag-football","tag-john-mcginn","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250065","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=250065"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250065\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/250066"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=250065"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=250065"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=250065"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}