kurtsimonw Posted December 1, 2023 Share Posted December 1, 2023 15 hours ago, WooJung said: Had to pick this thread from page 3, behind Kortney Hause. He slotted in quietly but seamlessly, looks disciplined and his distribution is very good. Looks like a very astute loan move, feels like a very adequate Torres backup. Credit to him and to the recruitment department Agreed. Made a few of those defence splitting balls inside the full back that Pau's brilliant at. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted December 1, 2023 Share Posted December 1, 2023 19 hours ago, AndyM3000 said: He's a bit too good to just be rolled out in Conference League games. It's good for us and if he's happy win win, but I think we could have a problem holding onto him in Jan if some decent teams come after him. I'd assume as we head into the KO stages of this competition Pau should come in at some point as well. Agreed he's in the prime of his career and being rolled out for conference games. It's quite strange on his behalf. Win for us though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheltenham_villa Posted December 1, 2023 Share Posted December 1, 2023 hes also an awful lot of money to be rolled out just for these games but were only one centre half injury away from seeing him a lot more i think. Was a very sensible signing when it also looked like Pau might have to play some games at left back, thankfully that hasnt transpired. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MWARLEY2 Posted December 1, 2023 Share Posted December 1, 2023 A really good loan signing. Costing us 7.5 mill for the year without any loan fee. For context we paid out 10 mill for Ross Barkley in total 3 years ago. Put it this way. Jan Bednerak or Lenglet. I know which one i want . 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomC Posted December 6, 2023 Share Posted December 6, 2023 It's from the Birmingham Mail quoting Bild, take it with a grain of salt, but... Quote Bayern Munich have reportedly identified Aston Villa loanee Clement Lenglet as a potential signing in January. ... Last month, the Spanish giants were said to be "seriously concerned" over the player's situation at Villa Park. Barca are believed to be concerned his valued will decrease due to the lack of game time, though talks are not believed to have taken place with Villa over cutting his Villa loan short. https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/aston-villa-star-champions-league-28238025 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom13 Posted December 6, 2023 Author Share Posted December 6, 2023 He is too good not to be starting somewhere. We're well blessed at CB right now. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodders Posted December 6, 2023 Share Posted December 6, 2023 He'll get league starts over the next month I'd have thought. But he'll have known joining on loan he wasn't first choice surely Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MotoMkali Posted December 10, 2023 Share Posted December 10, 2023 On 06/12/2023 at 16:02, Rodders said: He'll get league starts over the next month I'd have thought. But he'll have known joining on loan he wasn't first choice surely Tbf probably would have thought he'd have a few more starts with us going further in the carabao cup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted December 13, 2023 Share Posted December 13, 2023 Some clickbait links saying lenglet wants to terminate loan in jan as getting no game time. Im sure the club would have told him he would be 4th choice and he is playing a key role in europe. Why would he leave he could be getting a winners medal? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted December 13, 2023 Share Posted December 13, 2023 Just now, Demitri_C said: Some clickbait links saying lenglet wants to terminate loan in jan as getting no game time. Im sure the club would have told him he would be 4th choice and he is playing a key role in europe. Why would he leave he could be getting a winners medal? Barca want's to sell and apparently Bayern wants him as back up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PieFacE Posted December 13, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted December 13, 2023 I actually quite like what I've seen from him so far. He's a great backup for Pau imo. Would be slightly sad to see him terminate his loan but I think he's probably too good to be sat on our bench. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted December 13, 2023 Share Posted December 13, 2023 1 minute ago, sne said: Barca want's to sell and apparently Bayern wants him as back up So from backup bench to villa to Munich Have to say he has done very little wrong when given the chance. Its just our defence has been so impressive its hard for him to be justified as a starter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulMcGrath_5 Posted December 13, 2023 Share Posted December 13, 2023 I like him and think he's done well when he's played--unfortunately for him, King Pau is at the club. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MotoMkali Posted December 13, 2023 Share Posted December 13, 2023 39 minutes ago, Demitri_C said: So from backup bench to villa to Munich Have to say he has done very little wrong when given the chance. Its just our defence has been so impressive its hard for him to be justified as a starter Well they have a bit of an injury crisis so he'd definitely be getting starts. I feel like he will definitely want to move if he doesn't get at least 1 league game during this period. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MotoMkali Posted December 14, 2023 Share Posted December 14, 2023 Seems like he might be hurt. Only 8 in the bench and he traveled to bosnia. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fun Factory Posted December 15, 2023 Share Posted December 15, 2023 I can understand if he wants to move on as he has barely played really. More than decent backup, but he was probably thinking of starting a lot more games. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichW Posted December 15, 2023 Share Posted December 15, 2023 Be surprised if he is still here after January, at the rate his going he won’t play again till March and he won’t be happy with that and I’m sure Barcelona won’t be happy with that. Would like to think the position the club are in, we can maybe sign a highly rated young CB in January who can spend the next 6 months getting settled and coached by Emery whilst getting the odd appearance here and there should we need cover but I guess FFP might restrict that. Guess it will be another experienced CB on loan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CVByrne Posted December 15, 2023 Share Posted December 15, 2023 18 minutes ago, RichW said: Be surprised if he is still here after January, at the rate his going he won’t play again till March and he won’t be happy with that and I’m sure Barcelona won’t be happy with that. Would like to think the position the club are in, we can maybe sign a highly rated young CB in January who can spend the next 6 months getting settled and coached by Emery whilst getting the odd appearance here and there should we need cover but I guess FFP might restrict that. Guess it will be another experienced CB on loan. I'd refuse to entertain any idea of him leaving in January. We have a far better player in him as LCB backup for Pau than we can possibly find in Jan. For our CL push we need the depth. Lenglet stays. I'd start him home to Burnley though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevinRichardsonsMoustache Posted December 15, 2023 Share Posted December 15, 2023 We need stability wherever we can get it, so we should seep him if we can. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichW Posted December 15, 2023 Share Posted December 15, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, CVByrne said: I'd refuse to entertain any idea of him leaving in January. We have a far better player in him as LCB backup for Pau than we can possibly find in Jan. For our CL push we need the depth. Lenglet stays. I'd start him home to Burnley though Ideally he will stay, completely different to last January where the club rightly sent back Bednarek and Augustisson so it’s good to have a loan player whose hardly playing that we would want to stay but I’d be surprised if Barca/Lenglet will be happy with how it’s going. Barring any injuries difficult to see him starting any Premier League game including Burnley. Seems it’s going to be Carlos/Torres/Konsa in the tough games and Torres/Konsa/Cash in the games Villa play against bottom half. I guess there’s a fair chance there will be an injury with the amount of football playing though. Edited December 15, 2023 by RichW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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