Aston Villa complicates Barça's options to close the 'Lenglet folder'

The FC Barcelona already has begun to look for solutions for the 'folder Clément Lenglet', a work that, in principle, does not seem to have a simple solution. The defender of 28 years, with agreement in the Barcelona club until 2026, has turned into a problem for the combined Catalan by two reasons: his high wage hampers his permanence in the staff of the picture culé and also complicates to find a club interested in ficharlo, and his sportive level, that does not allow him have a place in a payroll with a remarkable 'overbooking' of defenders.

With this premise in mind, the Barça yielded to the Aston Villa of the Premier League during the market of past summer, with the clear aim that the exjugador of the Seville could see minutes, recover feelings and increase his value of market of face to a possible sale in the future. Nevertheless, the experience of the French in the combined 'peasant' has not resulted so positive as it expected , what does to think that it will be complex to find him a new club already was through a transfer or of another cession in the summer of 2024.

The French has lived an adventure with altibajos in the Aston Villa

Initially, it expected that Lenglet had an important paper in the staff of the Aston Villa, given the interest with which was looked for by the English, backed by the criterion of Monchi, his sportive director, the one who also propulsó his incorporation to the cast hispalense in 2017 pertinent of Nancy. However, the time has not backed this idea, since in his first 14 clashes of the campaign in the Premier League, remained in the bench, being relegado to play only five of the six parties of the phase of groups of the UEFA Conference League.

It did not go until the day 18, in the meeting against the Sheffield United (1-1), that Clément debuted in the Premier with the Aston Villa, what marked a new panorama in his adventure in England. From this moment, saw action in 11 consecutive parties, also participating in the three duels that the combined of Birmingham contested in the FA Cup, thanks to the renewed confidence of Unai Emery in him and to the injury of the defender Pau Torres, what consolidated to the Frenchman like titling in the team.

The cast 'peasant' has gone back to relegar to the bench to Lenglet

This resurgir of Lenglet did to think that it could strengthen in the defence of the Aston Villa and, of course, increase his value the sufficient as to look for an exit in the market of summer of 2024. Nevertheless, unfortunately for him and for the FC Barcelona, his situation has gone back to be practically the same that to the beginning of his adventure in England. Since it finished his series of crosses like titling in the Premier, have happened six meetings in the local league: Wolverhampton, Manchester City, Brentford, Arsenal, Bournemouth and Chelsea. The alone defender played against the 'citizens' and remained in the bench in four of these commitments, without being summoned for theanother .

His situation in the Conference League neither has changed a lot, since it played in the eighth of final against the AFC Ajax, being headline in the first party (0-0) and going in like substitute in the second (4-0). However, had problems in the quarter-finals against the LOSC Lille, since it was not summoned for the first clash against the 'Dogos' (2-1) and was acting in the second (1-2, although the Aston Villa won in the penal 3-4).

Now it will be necessary to see if the 'peasant', taking into account that the closing of the season foresees tightened, since the team is struggling by the places of the Champions League in the Premier and at present is in the semifinals of the Conference, confronting to the Olympiacos of Greece by a pass to the big final, gives him more minutes of game to Clément Lenglet because of the loaded calendar and so that it can finish the season of the best possible way, with the aim that the FC Barcelona can find him a new club.