Barcelona defender Lenglet is a known quantity to Aston Villa's head coach Unai Emery and president of football operations Monchi
and another — was imperative in Villa navigating a frenzied European schedule and, from a tactical perspective, enabling the side to stick with a back three system in their build-up play.
His time in north London was solid without being spectacular. Lenglet largely competed for a spot on the left of Antonio Conte’s back three withand in some ways suffered from not being the player the manager and supporters hoped would sign. On Wednesday morning, Lenglet arrived at Barcelona’s training ground and communicated his decision to join Villa, who firmed up their interest at the start of the week. He headed for his medical the following day. The 28-year-old had received loan approaches fromProvided a sizeable portion of his wages would be covered, Barcelona were only too obliging to let him go. By this point, head coach Xavi had told the player he could leave.
Lenglet had supplanted an injury-ravaged Samuel Umtiti, still toiling, unsuccessfully, to get back to his pre-2018 World Cup form. He enhanced Barcelona’s level of control in games they were expected to dominate, with his left-footed distribution from defence opening passing lanes and feeding play towards left-back, who occupied positions high and wide. In his first two seasons, Lenglet ranked fifth for progressive carries and second for pass success rate in La Liga.
Barca’s unceasing financial state coupled with the state of flux in managers and playing squad tipped the scales immeasurably. Lenglet was cast adrift, associated with the club’s tailspin. His status ever since has been impaired.
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