Agreed, I think he’s handled it about as well as he could have, outside of popping up to a public training session in preseason when he already had one foot out the door (which I’m not sure was even his decision, anyway).
Wrote a public note to the fans when he left, gave a round of applause to the VP fans upon his return, has only said good things about Villa in public.
I despise him for what he did to us, but deep down I know that if he ever returns to us I’ll love him again.
fwiw (which is nothing), I think if he does return it’ll be in the next couple of seasons on some sort of restructured contract. I don’t think our owners will want someone who is past it, and I can’t see him as a player who is useful into their mid 30s like Ashley Young.