Aston Villa star Youri Tielemans is facing a ‘big problem’ after his summer move to Villa Park has not gone to plan, transfer insider Dean Jones has told GIVEMESPORT.
The central midfielder was among the fresh faces to link-up with the Villans as head coach Unai Emery spent more than £80million on reinforcements ahead of the September 1 deadline.
Aston Villa latest news – £150k-a-week star holds showdown talks with Emery
Tielemans has already shown signs of unhappiness at Villa as, according to Belgian media outlet DH, he admitted to holding showdown talks with Emery after being left frustrated by a lack of game time in his new surroundings.
Having moved across the Midlands following the expiry of his £120,000-per-week contract at Leicester City during the summer, he has informed the Villans chief that he made the switch with the intention of being a key man in the heart of midfield.
But Tielemans is still searching for his first Premier League start of the season, having been restricted to just 134 minutes in the competition, as he has failed to dislodge Boubacar Kamara, Douglas Luiz or captain John McGinn from Emery’s preferred starting line-up.
Respected journalist Ben Jacobs recently told GIVEMESPORT that the Belgium international may have to consider his future as he looks to nail down a place in his country’s squad ahead of Euro 2024, opening the possibility for a quickfire exit from Villa Park.
Although Tielemans has found opportunities difficult to come by, he is still Villa’s joint-highest earner after penning a £150,000-per-week deal upon his arrival.
Jones believes Tielemans may have expected to play a more prominent role in Villa’s Premier League campaign when he initially signed on the dotted line, which has led to disappointment when that has not come to fruition.
The reputable journalist feels the former Monaco man, who cost Leicester £40million when he first headed onto English soil four years ago, is facing a major dilemma with Euro 2024 on the horizon.
Jones told GIVEMESPORT:I don’t know if he misunderstood what his role was going to be at Aston Villa. I don’t know whether the whole thing was missold to him.
“But my understanding is that he was, first and foremost, being brought in as a squad player who would have to earn his way into that starting XI because it’s one of their strongest areas of the pitch.
“That’s going to take time because there was no chance that Tielemans, if Villa were playing well, was going to walk straight into that team. That’s his big problem.”
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Although Tielemans was in the starting line-up for Belgium’s Euro 2024 qualification win over Azerbaijan during the most recent international break, he was an unused substitute for their 5-0 thumping of Estonia a matter of days later.
