Aston Villa managed to common 52.8% possession final season, with Unai Emery’s aspect averaging an 85.6% cross accuracy throughout the 2023/24 marketing campaign.
Since then, Villa have seen certainly one of their most essential midfielders depart the membership, with Douglas Luiz becoming a member of Juventus for a payment of round £42.35m.
Luiz made 53 appearances for the membership final season, scoring ten targets, offering ten assists, and totalling 4,353 minutes performed.
Nevertheless, Villa are well-equipped on this space of the pitch, signing a big-name alternative in Amadou Onana, while additionally buying Ross Barkley as further depth, and having the likes of Boubacar Kamara and Youri Tielemans already on the membership.
It is Tielemans who is de facto turning into a focus of the staff now.
Youri Tielemans earlier than Villa
Tielemans got here by means of the ranks in Belgium, enjoying for Anderlecht, making 185 appearances for the Belgian outfit, scoring 35 targets and supplying31 assists in 14,076 minutes performed. His sensible 4 years of senior soccer on the membership earned him his first massive transfer to Monaco in 2017.
The midfielder spent two years within the Principality, making 65 appearances for the French membership, scoring six targets, offering three assists, and totalling 4,648 minutes performed, earlier than making his transfer to England, becoming a member of Leicester Metropolis for round £40m.
It was at Leicester that the Belgian actually made a reputation for himself, making 195 appearances for the Foxes, scoring 28 instances in all competitions, in addition to producing 26 assists.
Tielemans’s market worth in 2024
Aston Villa managed to coup the Belgium worldwide on a free switch in 2023, regardless of now boasting a switch worth of £27m, in keeping with Soccer Transfers. The 27-year-old made 46 appearances for the membership final season, scoring three targets, and tallying up seven assists.
This proved to be a wonderful worth deal, being a priceless asset to the aspect final season, and now seemingly a primary alternative for Emery, alongside new signing Onana, who’re forming fairly a partnership in the midst of the park, not only for membership, but additionally for nation.
Tielemans vs Onana comparability | ||
|---|---|---|
Stats (per 90 minutes) | Tielemans | Onana |
Targets + Assists | 0.63 | 0.50 |
Progressive Carries | 0.80 | 1.50 |
Progressive Passes | 6.20 | 2.50 |
Passes Tried | 69.0 | 36.5 |
Key Passes | 1.60 | 0.50 |
Passes into Remaining Third | 9.40 | 2.75 |
Tackles | 3.00 | 2.00 |
Blocks | 0.80 | 0.25 |
Interceptions | 0.78 | 2.17 |
Aerials Gained | 0.00 | 2.00 |
Stats taken from FBref | ||
A carry is taken into account progressive if the ball is moved in the direction of the opponent’s objective at the very least 10 yards from its place to begin or is carried into the penalty space.
Villa have discovered the proper mix in midfield with this pairing, partnering a ground-covering monster like Onana, with a midfield controller resembling Tielemans.
The exact passing qualities of Tielemans enable him to dictate the move of the sport for Emery’s aspect, while Onana’s duel capability protects the slower Tielemans, particularly in transition.
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Premier League Panel on Twitter (X) even acknowledged Tielemans is “underrated” now resulting from his lack of tempo, praising his brains and IQ for the sport.
His means to choose passes from deep (proven along with his 9.40 passing into the ultimate third per 90) enable Villa to progress by means of the traces, and get their creators on the ball greater up the pitch.
Villa appear to have struck the jackpot but once more within the free switch market, signing their midfield controller for £0, enabling them to spend massive on the proper companion for him, to now type the most effective midfield duos within the division.
