EMERY COUNTS ON LENGLET
180 degree turn! Unai Emery 'defines' the future of Clément Lenglet
Although Aston Villa was willing to negotiate the departure of Clément Lenglet in January, Unai Emery has asked for his continuity to have more depth in the squad. He is counting on the Frenchman for the remainder of 2023/2024
The little prominence of Clément Lenglet in the Aston Villa had given space for the rumours on the possibility to interrupt his cession, in January, so that it left to a new team in research of opportunities. The FC Barcelona had given the seen well and the AC Milan was attentive to the steps of the central French, with the English group had to give eases for his goodbye.
However, in the last hours the history has given a dump of 180 degrees. The born in Beauvais was to title in the tie of the Villa against the Sheffield United (1-1) to replace to the 'touched' Pau Torres. It was the first titularity of Lenglet in the Premier Lenglet and finish contesting the ninety minutes of the clash, with feelings and positive registers. Had 91% of tarpaulin in the passes and completed several defensive actions key to move away to his rivals.
"I want to keep to Lenglet in the Villa in the second part of the season" said Emery before the party against the Sheffield. It has kept that it can be a player that contribute a lot to his team, in spite of that has a defence very settled and in which, except physical setbacks -as the one of the ex of the Villarreal- does not admit changes. The role of the player yielded by the Barça is very secondary.
Emery Has Clément Lenglet
The true is that the Spanish trainer wants to have Emery for what subtracts of season and like this has left it know to the directors of the Villa Park. They are varied the factors that influence in his decision, but the paramount is that it does not want to lose pieces in his staff when it is conscious that the season is very long, overloaded of parties and full of challenges. Lose a piece in defence would be a 'shot' in the foot, especially if it does not arrive anybody to replace it.
It will remain for seeing if the one of Fuenterrabía fulfils his 'promise' to have Lenglet in the second stretch of the season. Already the player had given green light to explore alternatives in the month of January. In the City Condal also bet by his exit, with the intention that revalorizara and can have a 'business' important in summer and with the AC Milan very attentive to add it to his staff, also in quality of loan. Now, everything seems to indicate in that it will remain in 'swim'.
