Zatara
Player Valuation: £100m
Yes, I'm sure getting 'coached' by Dyche rather than Unai Emery will unlock the potential in any player........
Don't know why the Villa board haven't thought about this........
Why are you mentioning Dyche?
It seems quite obvious that Iroegbunam needed a run of games and I suspect the evidence of Philogene performing after loans tells the same story.
Coaching and gametime seem to be the ways to unlock the clear potential Emery has been unable to.
Villa improved too quickly weirdly - it left there talented youngsters with too big a gap between them and the starters to edge their way into the side.
Different level ofc but look at just how good you have to be to make it from the city academy into their side these days - years ago it was Chelsea that had that issue.
Back in United's period of dominance the top sides didn't have a 25 man squad full of top internationals like is common these days so they could always find a way through.
On top of that the way the financial regulations work now it's the academy which is most suitable to use to comply with PSR also
Interesting mix certain sides have with a smattering of young players but many around the 30 mark.
….from the clips I saw he seemed to play mostly from the left but I suppose we can more accurately call him a ‘winger’. Damairi Gray might be your answer, but be it a loan or a permanent, I just hope we finally bring one in that’s remotely effective.
Gray was a left winger.
Philogene plays RW for Villa and was playing LW for Hull where he stood out.
This is why i mentioned possibly getting both him and Fellows as we need both wide positions filled.