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Andre Green wants to get at least 10 goals for Aston Villa this season – after doing extra work on his finishing.

Green has found the net three times in pre-season with a consolation goal in the defeat to West Ham and a winning double against Dynamo Dresden.

The Bodymoor Heath academy graduate, who turned 20 last week, is keen to make up for lost time after missing most of last season through injury.

His first competitive goal for Villa, a classy curler in a win over Norwich City last August, capped an exciting first team emergence for Green. But an untimely hamstring injury just weeks later knocked him out of his stride.

The long lay-off has only strengthened his resolve to become a main player for Steve Bruce’s men in the 2018-19 Championship campaign.

“I’d like to be involved in every game,” said Green. “I want to start as many games as I can, whether that’s 25, 30 or whatever.

“I think goals-wise I want to look for double figures this year and just get into the right position, where I need to be and hopefully take my chances.

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“I’m working a lot on my finishing this year in training so hopefully I’ll come back and look at this interview at the end of the season!”

Green revealed he has been working on his composure after admitting his heart was racing when he got into goalscoring positions last season.

“My coolness in front of goal, especially last year when I was missing chances, I think that was down to the fact I was getting excited,” he explained. “It’s because I was starting games when I was 19 and getting a bit ahead of myself. I thought I’d scored before I actually put it in the net, so I think that now I’ve had that year behind me I can actually just focus.

“I can think ‘you’re not a kid no more, you need to start focusing on every little thing’.”

Villa’s attacking coach Steve Agnew has been helping Green with his finishing and the winger admits it is mostly psychological.

“I’m working with Aggers at the moment, Steve Agnew,” he said. “He’s helping me especially in that sort of stuff. It’s all in the head. If you think too much about it, you’re obviously going to mess it up.

“So you need to just be cool, that’s what I need to start doing, be cool in front of goal.

“In terms of our movement and our play, Aggers came to the club to focus on that. That’s what the gaffer’s brought him in for, that pure reason.

“You could see instantly when he came in we were keeping the ball better, rather than just hitting it all over the pitch, so he’s had a good impact.”

Green was a frustrated figure last season as injury intervened at a time when he was starting to shine, but he believes the setback will make him stronger.

“It’s obviously frustrating because you always want to play,” he added. “The team were doing well and you want to be in a team that’s doing well and achieve things.

“So it was really tough. I had to help myself off the pitch wih people around me, the people I love around me, it was really hard. I’m doing everything I can now to get over that.”