Clement Lenglet - Confirmed (On Loan)

[PaulWinch again]

Welcome Clement, be good.

[Nev]

Best Clement since Freud.

[Villan For Life]

Welcome to the Villa, have a good season for us and we will love you.

[Percy McCarthy]

Best Clement since Freud.

One for the kids there.

Wasn’t he?

[PaulTheVillan]

Best Clement since Freud.

Not heard of him since they thought he had Maddie McCann

[brontebilly]

You’re making the mistake of assuming playing in a basket case of a team gives you a representative sample to judge on. Being “average” in that team is pretty impressive.

We finished one point above that "basket case" in the table. Lenglet also played CL football last season for them. He was also average at Barca hence why he ended up at Spurs in first place. He seems to have the same flaws Torres has so can't figure this one out.

[ASHTONVILLA]

He’s only a loan.

A loan who's unlikely to walk into the first team.

So why bother sign him? It's a strange one. For LCB we already had Torres/Carlos and RCB Konsa/Carlos/Chambers. The Donk has played at the back for Belgium too and possibly Wolves?

I always thought Chambers did ok at RCB and ideal to play Thursday night football. Bit concerning that no youth prospect capable of stepping up to 4th/5th choice too.

Because throwing another CB into the pool gives us more options in terms of having one play RB - we are going to play a lot of games this season, we need cover.

We now have one less CB than we had before, we are replacing that one.

I don't know why people are so bothered by this, it is a totally natural move.

If it's an average CB we need, Chambers already fits that bill, I expect he would have moved on if Mings didn't get injured. Not sure why we need to get another average CB in, likely paying him a fair chunk in wages too. Lenglet despite being a "French international from Barcelona" was no better than average at Spurs last season. He is incredibly slow on the turn so seems a very weird fit for a high defensive line that Emery had in place last season. Carlos, Torres, Lenglet....no pace there.

He isn't an average centre back, he is a very good centre back with a lot of international caps in a good French team that has made many appearances at a high level of club football. I think what Emery likes is that he has a similar passing and playing out from the back capability to Torres, who could not be replaced by any of our current available options were he to be rested or injured.

[PaulWinch again]

You’re making the mistake of assuming playing in a basket case of a team gives you a representative sample to judge on. Being “average” in that team is pretty impressive.

We finished one point above that "basket case" in the table. Lenglet also played CL football last season for them. He was also average at Barca hence why he ended up at Spurs in first place. He seems to have the same flaws Torres has so can't figure this one out.

Your point seems a bit confused. They absolutely were a basket case in terms of how they performed vs expectation. He played over 100 games for Barca, so it’s hardly like he was signed and shipped out immediately. He’s a loan signing to give us better cover in the back line. We’ll see I suppose, but I think you’re drawing your conclusions from some fairly broad brush observations.

[Ian.]

Welcome Lenglet, could be another very shrewd signing.

[Risso]

My great-grandfather was called Clement, the first of a long line of Villa fans.

[Smirker]

Welcome.

Guessing no option to buy with this one?

[paul_e]

Welcome.

Guessing no option to buy with this one?

His Barce contract ends next summer so no need for one if we want to keep him we'll just offer him a deal after Christmas to start in the summer.

[Toronto Villa]

It’s not that long since we were signing the likes of Drinkwater on loan, and now people are turning their noses up at French international from Barcelona?

Those people are like the dogheads we laughed at thinking they should be competing with the likes of Barcelona or Real Madrid for signings. I’m delighted by the signing we’ve made. The progress as you are alluding to is beyond remarkable given the markets we previously operated in.

[OCD]

Welcome.

Guessing no option to buy with this one?

His Barce contract ends next summer so no need for one if we want to keep him we'll just offer him a deal after Christmas to start in the summer.

2026 according to Transfermarkt.

[paul_e]

Welcome.

Guessing no option to buy with this one?

His Barce contract ends next summer so no need for one if we want to keep him we'll just offer him a deal after Christmas to start in the summer.

2026 according to Transfermarkt.

Hmm, I saw a story saying it was 2024 yesterday, but I'll trust that site over whatever it was I read.