Poor move for him Villa. He'd have been much better served dropping a division or a further season abroad. Villa are in a mess and were always destined to be.
However unpopular it is, and as much as I disagree, in those scenarios the majority of managers will choose experience over youth. In Richards and Okore, Villa have on paper a powerful defence to split up.
His game time has been so little in his career so far and if you add in injuries as well, his development is really suffering. My guess is eventually he will have a decent career abroad at a mid table to Europa league level.
I think if he was gonna go to Villa he might as well have stayed here, and personally I'd have had him ahead of Kolo whos roll in this team should be being taken up by a younger prospect rather than a fading force.
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