THE CENTRAL WENT ON LOAN IN SEPTEMBER
Lenglet continues his particular free fall at Villa and is left without playing again
Published:5/11/2023 - 22:07h
Updated:5/11/2023 - 22:07h
Clement Lenglet is still looking for his space at Aston Villa after leaving Barcelona but it is not being an easy task. The Frenchman is not part of the team's plans and has not yet made his league debut
To his 28 years, Clement Lenglet is crossing a moment complicated in his career, since it has had scarce minutes from his exit of the FC Barcelona. The French defender arrived to the Aston Villa of Unai Emery in summer, in an operation that the Barça looked for to give off of his services, since it did not go in in the plans of Xavi Hernández. However, in his cession to the English team, the defender neither is enjoying of a lot of minutes.
Until the moment, the Frenchman has contested only three parties with the T-shirt of the British club, all they in the UEFA Conference League, where has played all the minutes and the team has won two of the three meetings. The first party against the Legia of Warsaw finished in defeat, but afterwards attained to trace back and lead his group. In this competition, the Aston Villa appears like one of the favourites to conquer the title, together with teams like the Lille and the Fiorentina.
The French has not contested neither a minute in the Premier
Instead, in the Premier League, up to now, the central has not had the opportunity to contest neither an alone minute of game. His arrival to the team coincided with the start of the season in England, and at present, players like Konsa, Pau Torres or Diego Carlos have priority in the plans of Emery. His paper has limited to the of fourth head office, since Tyrone Mings finds lesionado.
In fact, the injury of the English defender seemed to open the opportunity for the debut of Clement in the Premier League. However, finally it did not go out of the bench and witnessed how his team suffered a defeat by 2-0 in front of the Nottingham Forest. Of this way, continues waiting for his first party in the English league.
And it is that, his function in the plantel of the Aston Villa has not fulfilled with the expectations that had the player when returning to the Premier League. It is worthwhile to mention that in the past season, with the Tottenham, the defender kept a constant performance when contesting a total of 35 parties, of which 26 were in league, turning into one of the defenders with more minutes in the Spurs. Nevertheless, in the present season, his situation has tornado complicated and his career goes slope down and without brakes.