A tough season, playing angry, and messaging Michael Owen

A tough season, playing angry, and messaging Michael OwenPublished4 minutes agoThe Football Interview is a new series in which the biggest names in sport and entertainment join host Kelly Somers for bold and in-depth conversations about the nation's favourite sport. We'll explore mindset and motivation, and talk about defining moments, career highs and personal reflections. The Football Interview brings you the person behind the player.Interviews will drop on weekends across BBC iPlayer, YouTube, BBC Sounds and the BBC Sport website. This week's interview will be broadcast on BBC One from 23:35 BST on Saturday, 11 April (and after Sportscene in Scotland) .Ollie Watkins' journey to the top has been a circuitous one - from playing in the National League with Weston-super-Mare to scoring the winner in a European Championship semi-final almost a decade later, then competing in the Champions League with Aston Villa.This season has been a mixed one for Watkins. A tally of nine goals and just one assist from 30 Premier League appearances is below his usual rate, but having scored against West Ham before the international break, he then hit two against Bologna in the Europa League on Thursday.That took him to 99 goals for Villa and prompted renewed talk of a late run into Thomas Tuchel's World Cup squad.He talks to Kelly Somers about Villa, his international ambitions, and how talking to former England striker Michael Owen has helped him through what he describes as a "difficult" season. To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.This video can not be playedMedia caption, 'This year I haven't been at the level I wanted to' - Watkins on form this seasonKelly Somers: Well, Ollie, let's go back to the very beginning. I want to know where your love of football came from and the first time you can remember having a ball at your feet.Ollie Watkins: Ah, it was a long time ago now!Kelly: You were so young...