{"id":16986,"date":"2023-03-03T17:40:33","date_gmt":"2023-03-03T17:40:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/03\/aston-villa-emery-must-ditch-dendoncker\/"},"modified":"2023-03-03T17:40:33","modified_gmt":"2023-03-03T17:40:33","slug":"aston-villa-emery-must-ditch-dendoncker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/03\/aston-villa-emery-must-ditch-dendoncker\/","title":{"rendered":"Aston Villa: Emery must ditch Dendoncker"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-meta\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"read-duration\"><span>2<\/span> minute read<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"publish-date\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"icon icon-clock\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<time datetime=\"2023-03-03T17:40:33Z\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span\/>3\/3\/2023 | <span>05:40pm<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/time><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> <!-- #article-meta --><\/p>\n<p>\t       \t <!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<p>When <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballfancast.com\/tag\/unai-emery\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Unai Emery<\/a> arrived at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballfancast.com\/aston-villa-news\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Aston Villa<\/a> back in October 2022, it quickly became clear that certain players brought in by the previous regime wouldn\u2019t have a future with the Midlands club.<\/p>\n<p>One such example is Leander Dendoncker and after some woeful performances following his summer arrival from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballfancast.com\/wolves-news\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wolves<\/a>, Emery should look to get rid of the Belgium international for good at the end of the season.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Should Aston Villa get rid of Leander Dendoncker?<\/h3>\n<p>Steven Gerrard signed Dendoncker from Wolves on deadline day last summer in a deal worth <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skysports.com\/football\/news\/11095\/12687258\/aston-villa-jan-bednarek-leander-dendoncker-join-clas-wolves-agree-deal-for-boubacar-troate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00a313m<\/a>, with the defensive-midfielder perhaps expected to be the replacement for Douglas Luiz.<\/p>\n<p>However, the Brazilian would later sign a <a href=\"https:\/\/theathletic.com\/3693041\/2022\/10\/14\/douglas-luiz-aston-villa-contract\/#:~:text=Aston%20Villa%20have%20tied%20Douglas,cash%20in%20on%20the%20Brazilian.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">contract extension<\/a> at Villa Park, and considering fellow summer addition Boubacar Kamara has also established himself as a regular, Dendoncker quickly became surplus to requirements.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sra_unit\"><link rel=\"stylesheet\" id=\"block-sra\" href=\"https:\/\/www.footballfancast.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/snack-related-articles\/dist\/css\/snack-related.min.css?220602-83346\" type=\"text\/css\" media=\"all\"\/>\n<aside class=\"sra-group sra-related-list\">\n<h2 class=\"sra-group-head\">Most Read on FootballFanCast.com<\/h2>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<p>Since signing, the 27-year-old has managed just <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whoscored.com\/Players\/124106\/Show\/Leander-Dendoncker\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">14 appearances<\/a> in all competitions for Villa, including just three starts in the Premier League.<\/p>\n<link rel=\"stylesheet\" id=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.footballfancast.com\/aston-villa-news\/?\" type=\"text\/css\" media=\"all\"\/>\n<p><h2>Should Villa sell Dendoncker?<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"poll-images\" data-poll-id=\"813952\">\n<div class=\"poll-image\" data-votes=\"0\" data-percentage=\"0\">\n<div class=\"voting-area\" data-poll-item-id=\"73201\" data-poll-id=\"813952\" data-poll-url=\"https:\/\/www.footballfancast.com\/snack-poll\/should-villa-sell-dendoncker\" data-article-url=\"https:\/\/www.footballfancast.com\/aston-villa-news\/aston-villa-unai-emery-leander-dendoncker-steven-gerrard-avfc-villa-park\" data-poll-item-nonce=\"495964b297\">\n<h3>Yes<\/h3>\n<div class=\"image\">\n                \t\n                <\/div>\n<p>\n                    <button>Vote<\/button>\n                <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"poll-image\" data-votes=\"0\" data-percentage=\"0\">\n<div class=\"voting-area\" data-poll-item-id=\"73202\" data-poll-id=\"813952\" data-poll-url=\"https:\/\/www.footballfancast.com\/snack-poll\/should-villa-sell-dendoncker\" data-article-url=\"https:\/\/www.footballfancast.com\/aston-villa-news\/aston-villa-unai-emery-leander-dendoncker-steven-gerrard-avfc-villa-park\" data-poll-item-nonce=\"b5ac56dc94\">\n<h3>No<\/h3>\n<div class=\"image\">\n                \t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.footballfancast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/emery-premier-league-oreilly-ramsey-aston-villa-villans-400x400.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"No\"\/>\n                <\/div>\n<p>\n                    <button>Vote<\/button>\n                <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>It is easy to see why Emery has preferred other options in the middle of the park in his tenure at Villa Park as Dendoncker has averaged a shocking 6.26 rating from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whoscored.com\/Players\/124106\/Show\/Leander-Dendoncker\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">WhoScored<\/a> for his performances in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballfancast.com\/premier-league\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Premier League<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This ranks him as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whoscored.com\/Teams\/24\/Show\/England-Aston-Villa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">20th-best<\/a> performer so far this campaign, so it would certainly not be a surprise to see him moved on by Emery in the summer, which shows that the dud has struggled badly.<\/p>\n<p>He has been a disastrous signing by Gerrard and the new Villa boss is unlikely to have been impressed with the Belgian international since taking over due to his antics in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballfancast.com\/fa-cup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FA Cup<\/a> in January.<\/p>\n<p>The former Anderlecht man has been limited to just one start since the World Cup break, which came in the embarrassing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whoscored.com\/Matches\/1697100\/Live\/England-FA-Cup-2022-2023-Aston-Villa-Stevenage\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">2-1<\/a> home defeat by League Two side Stevenage, when his red card late on turned the game in the away side\u2019s favour, with his tackle later criticised by Nedum Onouha.<\/p>\n<p>He <a href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/football-news\/two-pundits-slam-aston-villa-25926734\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">said<\/a>: \u201cDendoncker tried to turn when somebody was on him and got the punishment that he deserved for the indecision. It\u2019s rash and I think the red card is the right decision. You shouldn\u2019t lose a match from being in a position of control 10 minutes ago.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The defensive midfielder was once a reliable option for Wolves in the Premier League, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whoscored.com\/Players\/124106\/History\/Leander-Dendoncker\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">averaging<\/a> a strong 6.97 rating in the 2018\/19 campaign, but he has managed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whoscored.com\/Players\/124106\/Fixtures\/Leander-Dendoncker\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">above a 7\/10 rating<\/a> in just one of his appearances for Villa this season, which came in the 4-0 win over Brentford following Gerrard\u2019s sacking.<\/p>\n<p>Therefore, he hasn\u2019t impressed once under Emery and the Spaniard should look to get rid permanently in the summer, as his time at Villa Park has been something of a disaster due to his woeful performances \u2013 as proven by his aforementioned WhoScored ratings \u2013 this season.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t    <!-- Article End -->\t<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>\n        !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n        {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n        n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n        if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n        n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n        t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n        s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n        'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n        fbq('init', '624174331737451');\n        fbq('track', 'PageView');\n    <\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballfancast.com\/aston-villa-news\/aston-villa-unai-emery-leander-dendoncker-steven-gerrard-avfc-villa-park\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2 minute read 3\/3\/2023 | 05:40pm When Unai Emery arrived at Aston Villa back in October 2022, it quickly became clear that certain players brought in by the previous regime wouldn\u2019t have a future with the Midlands club. 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