FC Basel welcomes Aston Villa to St. Jakob-Park on Thursday for a league phase match in the UEFA Europa League.

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Harvey Elliott will miss Aston Villa's Europe League trip to FC Basel on Thursday as boss Unai Emery continues to hold talks with the Liverpool loanee.

Villa co-owner Nassef Sawiris was also in attendance, as he had been for the Arsenal match on Saturday, alongside Wes Edens. Sawiris was pictured walking around the pitch with Emery and director of football operations Damian Vidagany before the match. President of business operations Francesco Calvo was also spotted in Basel.

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Unai Emery is being touted as the only manager who can stop Mikel Arteta and Pep Guardiola from once again turning the Premier League title race into their own personal duel. But the Aston Villa manager appears to also have unfinished business with the Europa League.