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Callum O’Hare has signed a new two-year deal at Aston Villa, the Birmingham Mail can reveal.

The 19-year-old Bodymoor Heath Academy has pledged his long-term future to the club after making a breakthrough into the first-team this year.

O’Hare, who has been at Villa since the age of eight, had been in discussions over a new deal for the past few months.

And he has today put pen-to-paper ahead of tomorrow's clash with Fulham.

O’Hare came off the bench in the 2-0 defeat at Wolves last weekend and looked a bright spark.

He’s in contention for tomorrow’s game at Villa Park after impressing boss Steve Bruce in the the five appearances he has made already this season.

O’Hare follows the likes of Jake Doyle-Hayes, Jordan Lyden, Keinan Davis and Andre Green, who have all penned new deals in the last 12 months.

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O’Hare is starting to make a name for himself at Aston Villa and is aiming to become the latest star from Solihull to make the step up.

He is in good company as Jack Grealish, Andre Green and Gary Gardner have all graduated from the Bodymoor Heath Academy in recent years to keep the Solihull flag flying high.

After a solid pre-season, O'Hare was handed his Villa debut against Colchester United in the first round of the Carabao Cup earlier this season.

Impressive performances over the summer did not gone unnoticed by manager Bruce who added him to his travelling party for the pre-season tour of Germany.

As well as Andre Green and fellow other youngsters Jake Doyle-Hayes, Keinan Davis and Harry McKirdy, O’Hare has fitted in with the group and doesn’t look out of place when he trains with the seniors.

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He’s a tough nut who plays in a No.10 position as his favoured role although we’ve seen him in central midfield and up front for the U23s in recent years.

And despite his size - he’s considerably shorter than his team-mates - there’s no stopping him from making a big impression.

This is a young man who has worked his way through the ranks at Villa, playing for the U16s aged 14, and the U18s two years later.

A goals glut saw the him promoted into the U21 set-up at 17 and last term he performed well for the U23s.

For those who watched him regularly in his younger years he always stood out as the most diminutive member of the group, however he never lacked talent.

Adversity pushed him forward and now, after filling out and shooting up a couple of inches, he’s reaping the rewards.

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Bruce liked what he seen when he first arrived last October but the manager was under pressure to get results so he stuck with the experienced players.

But towards the end of the season when Villa were hit with injuries, O’Hare was called upon and named in the matchday 18.

This season he’s hoping to take it a step further and to become a regular member of the first team squad.

Past and present coaches have backed the attack-minded ace who has an eye for goal, is technically-gifted, and isn’t afraid to mix it when the going gets tough.

It was last year, remember, when O’Hare bagged two goals in the U23s win over Valencia before being 'spat at, slapped and punched' by the opponents, he later claimed.

It’s incidents like those that have prepared him for what might lie in store in the Championship.

What’s promising is that it seems Bruce is willing to take a closer look at the development players this season and give some of them the chance to further their career in claret and blue.