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title: "Fans on social media looking forward to John McGinn being available for selection"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Crippy Cooke"
section: "Aston Villa News"
published: "2021-09-10T21:45:00Z"
modified: "2021-09-10T21:45:00Z"
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# Fans on social media looking forward to John McGinn being available for selection

Aston Villa have already been given a boost ahead of Saturday’s trip to face Chelsea with [Leon Bailey returning to training](https://readastonvilla.com/2021/09/10/fans-excited-on-social-media-as-leon-bailey-returns-from-injury-ahead-of-chelsea-clash/), but they’ve been given another from John McGinn.

Villa [confirmed](https://www.avfc.co.uk/news/2021/september/Match-Pack-Chelsea/) on their official website that the 26-year-old is available for selection after [isolating](https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/john-mcginn-aston-villa-covid-24859634) as per government guidelines for Covid-19. McGinn missed Villa’s last [two games](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/john-mcginn/leistungsdaten/spieler/193116) and [Scotland’s](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/john-mcginn/nationalmannschaft/spieler/193116/verein_id/3380) World Cup qualifier with Denmark, but he returned to play in their last two internationals.

The box-to-box midfielder was left out of Villa’s League Cup win over Barrow (August 24) and 1-1 draw with Brentford (August 28) while missing Scotland’s 2-0 defeat to Denmark. McGinn played just over an hour of their 1-0 win over Moldova and a full 90 minutes in their 1-0 win over Austria, however.

Dean Smith will be delighted to have him back, but fans are excited on [social media](https://twitter.com/search?q=chelsea%20mcginn&src=typed_query&f=live) too, naming their starting XIs to face Chelsea with McGinn included.

Carney Chukwuemeka started against Brentford but may sit out against the Blues. Douglas Luiz was a regular partner alongside McGinn last season, so might the pair start in midfield against Chelsea?

***[In other news, fans are excited on social media as Leon Bailey returns from injury ahead of Chelsea clash](https://readastonvilla.com/2021/09/10/fans-excited-on-social-media-as-leon-bailey-returns-from-injury-ahead-of-chelsea-clash/)***