It is said that Unai Emery has not spoken to a certain Aston Villa star in the past 12 months

It is said that Unai Emery has not spoken to a single Aston Villa star in the past 12 months

Since taking over at the Premier League team a year ago,

Aston Villa has “only briefly spoken” with Kortney Hause, the defender’s long-term injury absence.

Despite all of Unai Emery’s advantages—such as his meticulous preparation,

stellar track record in Europe, and remarkable ability to assemble teams that are far more capable than their individual parts

he has never really been the arm-around-the-shoulder kind of guy.

The Athletic claims that Emery would rather keep his distance from the Aston Villa team.

even those regarded as regulars in the first team.

Thus, Kortney Hause, the former Wolves defender,

still sidelined and the Aston Villa manager knows him only in passing.

The former coach of Sevilla, Paris Saint-Germain, and Arsenal has supposedly only “briefly spoken” with Hause.

The 28-year-old was placed on the treatment table shortly after Steven Gerrard’s appointment as Villa Park manager,

and he hasn’t kicked a ball in anger since sustaining a knee injury while on loan at Watford last season.

According to The Athletic, Hause’s former Watford manager Slaven Bilic exclaimed,

“I’m gutted for him and for us.” Not to be confused with me, he is also devastated by this.

I haven’t watched him play, but he was supposed to be one of our key players who would help us return to the Premier League.

Since a 2-2 draw with Sunderland in September 2022, nobody has seen Hause play,

not in a competitive capacity anyway.

Aston Villa has a strong defensive corps

Opportunities are expected to remain limited even after Hause,

one of the Villa team’s longest-serving players (having signed a £3 million deal to join from Midland rivals Wolverhampton Wanderers relatively early in the Dean Smith era),

makes a comeback to the first team.

Pau Torres and Ezri Konsa are now unquestionably Emery’s first-choice defensive duo,

so even two exceptionally talented center halves with Sevilla and Barcelona on their resumes,

Diego Carlos and Clement Lenglet, have had to wait patiently on the sidelines.

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