Clément Lenglet Makes Premier League Debut After Five Months on the Bench

Until December 22, Clément Lenglet’s total number of minutes in the Premier League had been zero. Invisible to Unai Emery, who had only used him for the Conference League duels. To give a rest to Pau Torres who is a regular starter with the Basque coach.

El Aston Villa is experiencing a historic season with Hondarribia at the helm. Co-leaders in the Premier, the ‘villains’ are a rocky team, very difficult to overcome (they have barely lost two games so far in the League). And, consequently, Emery has a very established eleven type in which Lenglet has not been able to find a place.

FIVE MONTHS LATER

Until yesterday, finally, Unai gave the French central defender a chance in the Premier. Pau Torres’ injury (nothing serious, a priori he will be against United on Tuesday in the classic ‘Boxing Day’) opened the doors wide for the footballer still owned by Barça.

And the truth is that Clément played a good game. They were more installed in the rival field than in their own as Sheffield United was in hiding practically the entire match. Villa harassed and tackled their rival and Clément participated more in the creation and elaboration of the play than in defensive tasks. So much so that Clément gave 115 passes during the match (105 successful, 91%).

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He completed the 90 minutes. And Emery made it clear that he is counting on him. All in the midst of rumors that place him as an option for Milan in this winter market despite the fact that he signed a loan for the entire season at Villa.

DEEP TEMPLATE

Barça and the player would see it favorably. Not like that Unai Emery, who wants to have a large squad and is aware that, like yesterday, the Frenchman can be useful. The Premier is very tough, especially the next few weeks with a hellish schedule. Except for surprise, it seems that Clément is not going to move.

“I want to keep Lenglet at Villa in the second part of the season,” said Emery before the duel against Sheffield. “Tomorrow (this Friday, against Sheffield United) he will play. I really want to see him, I am really convinced that he can help us.”

2023-12-23 10:29:42
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