{"id":290980,"date":"2023-08-30T23:21:13","date_gmt":"2023-08-30T23:21:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/?p=290980"},"modified":"2023-08-30T23:21:13","modified_gmt":"2023-08-30T23:21:13","slug":"aston-villa-agree-to-sign-clement-lenglet-on-loan-from-barcelona","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/soccer\/aston-villa-agree-to-sign-clement-lenglet-on-loan-from-barcelona\/","title":{"rendered":"Aston Villa agree to sign Clement Lenglet on loan from Barcelona"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Aston Villa agree to sign Clement Lenglet on loan from Barcelona as turn to former Tottenham defender to replace Tyrone Mings after his horror injury<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span>Barcelona are keen to get rid of Lenglet to help their difficult financial situation<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>He spent last year on loan at Tottenham but struggled during his time at the club<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Would Mohamed Salah &#8216;do the dirty&#8217; on Liverpool by leaving? And what about Man United &#8216;diving&#8217;?: Listen to It&#8217;s All Kicking Off, Mail Sport&#8217;s new podcast\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Aston Villa have agreed to sign Clement Lenglet on loan from Barcelona.<\/p>\n<p>The Midlands club have been searching for back-up to Pau Torres at left-sided centre-back after Tyrone Mings picked up a serious injury in the early weeks of the new season.<\/p>\n<p>Lenglet has been searching for a route out of Barcelona after he was told he wouldn&#8217;t be in Xavi&#8217;s plans for the campaign ahead.<\/p>\n<p>The defender spent last season on loan with Tottenham in the Premier League but wasn&#8217;t signed permanently after a series of struggles in north London.<\/p>\n<p>He&#8217;ll now return to England&#8217;s top division, however, to provide Unai Emery with more defensive options as he continues his Villa revolution.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/08\/30\/23\/74896979-0-image-a-33_1693436163993.jpg\" height=\"459\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Aston Villa have agreed to sign Clement Lenglet on loan from Barcelona for the season<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/08\/30\/23\/74896971-0-image-a-34_1693436232975.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Lenglet spent last year on loan with Tottenham but struggled for consistency in north London<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/08\/31\/00\/74864177-0-The_French_international_would_provide_cover_with_Tyrone_Mings_s-a-35_1693436467654.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The French international would provide cover with Tyrone Mings set for a spell on the sidelines<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>Barcelona have been keen to offload Lenglet, with his wages thought to be among the larger burdens on the club&#8217;s finances.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Head coach Unai Emery is able to call upon Ezri Konsa, Diego Carlos, Pau Torres and Calum Chambers, but wants more.<\/p>\n<p>Lenglet would also provice European experience, with Aston Villa on the verge of the Europa Conference League group stage following a 5-0 first leg win over Hibernian.<\/p>\n<p>Monchi, Aston Villa&#8217;s president of football operations, had signed Lenglet during his time at Sevilla. Lenglet played 73 times for Sevilla before a \u00a332million move to Barcelona in 2018.<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off\u00a0is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football, launching with a preview show today and every week this season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube , Apple Music and Spotify<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2017\/08\/02\/636x90_facebook_ad_sport.png\" width=\"636\" height=\"90\"><br \/>\nSource: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12463515\/Aston-Villa-agree-sign-Clement-Lenglet-loan-Barcelona.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aston Villa agree to sign Clement Lenglet on loan from Barcelona as turn to former Tottenham defender to replace Tyrone <span class=\"more-text\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":290979,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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