One Aston Villa deal when the summer transfer window opens has been written off
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Aston Villa will not want to sign Jadon Sancho permanently from Manchester United in the summer.
That’s the brutal verdict of former Villan Lee Hendrie, who says Sancho’s not “an Unai Emery player”.
Sancho has only scored once since arriving at Villa Park from Old Trafford on loan in the summer.
He has also made only four starts for Emery’s side in the Premier League.
Asked if Villa will try to sign him permanently at the end of the season, Hendrie told Footy Accumulators No Tippy Tappy Football podcast, in partnership with BOYLE Sports : “I’m not so sure. At times you watch Jadon Sancho and you know there is a player in there.
“I don’t think he is an Unai Emery player.
“I think the only reason why at the moment he is playing in the team is because they are hampered with injuries.
“I wouldn’t say he was non-existent (against Brentford), but he was too safe for me in the first half until the second half, where it was like Unai said ‘start getting at your player, start producing something’.
“I think playing in that wide area for him, it was like Marcus Rashford when he came to Villa last season, he knew he had to make something happen.
“He had to make people recognise that Marcus Rashford was not finished because he left Manchester United, he knew that there was maybe a Barcelona, which he ended up getting a move to.
“I do not see that with Jadon Sancho and that is where I think, yes, he has come in and he has done okay at times, but consistent levels playing in that position are massive in the Premier League.
“I don’t think he’s shown that at Chelsea and when he’s been at Manchester United.”
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