Youri Tielemans has endured a difficult start to his Aston Villa career, with life spent largely on the periphery of Unai Emery's team
always trained well at Leicester City. His gaze may eventually have turned towards the allure of the top six as his contract ticked down, but he remained a diligent worker to the end. He turned up early in the morning and headed for the gym before the team convened for training. Tielemans put the hard yards in, even if they became increasingly difficult to run.
Villa have other accomplished senior internationals on considerable salaries who are being starved of regular game time and rhythm. But he has yet to start a game for his new club, even if he has been introduced in all seven of the team’s fixtures to date. He has played just 212 minutes. Emery initially tried to fit Tielemans into the left-sided No 10 role in the absence of , but that advanced position requires a level of athleticism he lacks.
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