England and Aston Villa striker Ollie Watkins is the subject of a new interview set to air on BBC One at 23:35 BST on Saturday, 11 April, and after Sportscene in Scotland. The episode is part of a series hosted by Kelly Somers that features sports and entertainment personalities discussing football, covering mindset, motivation, career milestones and personal reflections.

Watkins, who has scored 99 goals for Villa, has nine goals and one assist in 30 Premier League appearances this season. He scored against West Ham before the international break and added two goals against Bologna in the Europa League on Thursday.

His career path has taken him from the National League, where he played with Weston-super-Mare, to the Champions League with Villa and a European Championship semi-final, where he scored the winning goal. He said that playing men's football on loan taught him to fight for three points and helped his development. He broke into Exeter's first team when Ryan Harley was ill, scored in that match and remained in the team afterwards.

"This year I haven't been at the level I wanted to," Watkins said in the interview.

He recalled how football featured in his life from a young age, describing an early memory of a teammate who motivated him. "There was a player that played in my team whose dad ran the team, and he was the best player. I always wanted to get close to him and be like him," he said. On the appeal of street football, he added: "There's no rules; you can run everywhere."

Episodes of the series are released on weekends on BBC iPlayer, YouTube, BBC Sounds and the BBC Sport website.