Unai Emery wants his Aston Villa squad to embrace the club’s rich history as they face Feyenoord at De Kuip on Thursday night.

The 51,000-seat stadium in Rotterdam was, of course, the site of Villa’s greatest triumph - over 43 years ago, they beat Bayern Munich 1-0 in the European Cup final.

Villa will be looking to secure back-to-back wins in the Europa League on Thursday, having started their third European campaign under Emery with a 1-0 victory over Bologna, before following it up with a Premier League win against Fulham on Sunday.

A victory at De Kuip, on the club’s return to the iconic stadium, would make the three points all the more special.

“In 1982 Aston Villa won here,” Emery started. “Last year we played against Bayern Munich, the team they faced. That was something very special.

“Today we can remember this for our supporters. A lot of them were here, and we are now back. This is European football, something special.

“We can add this detail because it is something very special for Aston Villa as...