Done deal: Aston villa keen to sign napoli star.

That isn’t looking to be the situation right now. Lenglet has not made many appearances for Aston Villa this year and has struggled to perform well lately when Pau Torres has not been available.He has, in fact, “suffered a lot” in the three games since his introduction, to the point where Emery had to openly defend him during his news conference.

Though Sport believed he let them down in his next two games, the French defender chose not to reply to their good words.

That’s “disastrous news” for Barcelona’s “aspirations in the market,” since they were hoping to trade Lenglet for a percentage of the proceeds and get rid of one of their highest paid players.

Lenglet is not in boss Xavi’s or their plans, but his tenure at Aston Villa hasn’t helped their chances of getting rid of him permanently either..

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