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Rafa: Villa are a massive club
- Updated: September 23, 2016
Rafael Benitez has warned Newcastle they face a tough test against Aston Villa when they travel to Villa Park on Saturday.
Villa have made a difficult start to life in the Championship, having been relegated from the Premier League in May with Newcastle and Norwich, and currently sit 18th in the table.
However Newcastle boss Benitez believes that Roberto Di Matteo’s men still have the capability to earn promotion this season due to the stature of the club.
“If you analyse what they have, they’re a big club – a massive club – with a great manager and great players, and they’re spending money, so everybody was expecting that they’d be at the top of the table,” he said.
“But it’s a long, long race for everyone. The main thing for me, is that they’re a massive club with very good …