Lucas Digne has confirmed to be an underwhelming addition at Aston Villa and Steven Gerrard ought to take into account changing him with academy prospect Ben Chrisene on the earliest alternative.
Digne made the transfer to Villa Park from Everton in January however has struggled for consistency throughout his time with the Midlands membership, contributing only one objective and 4 assists in 24 appearances.
The France worldwide has didn’t contribute a single objective or help in his seven Premier League appearances this season, with WhoScored awarding him a disappointing 6.56 ranking for his performances within the high flight.
Considering Digne is without doubt one of the high earners at Villa Park, reportedly receiving £163k-per-week, on high of his £25m fee, it’s secure to say that the transfer has been a disappointing and costly one to date.
Gerrard’s facet have stored simply two clean sheets thus far this season, which additionally means that Digne isn’t doing his job defensively, and a change could be wanted if the Villans are going to understand their European ambitions within the subsequent few seasons.
Who ought to be beginning subsequent season?
Digne
Chrisene
Fortunately, Chrisene could possibly be the best substitute for Digne if the previous PSG man continues to battle for kind, as {the teenager} continues to impress out on mortgage.
Birmingham Live reporter Ashley Preece shared his views on the previous Exeter City man in a latest interview with GIVEMESPORT, suggesting that Gerrard is a large fan of the left-back.
He said: “Gerrard raves about him. He’s come on leaps and bounds. He was a part of the Villa first staff for their tour in Australia in the summertime.
“Villa think really highly of him and I think that loan move up to Kilmarnock, in the Scottish Premiership, will do him the world of good. He has already made a big impact up there and I thought he would anyway.”
Chrisene seems to be to be a much more defensively sound left-back than Digne, as WhoScored means that he excels at aerial duels, interceptions and tackling.
He has additionally averaged extra tackles (2.5 vs 2.3) and interceptions (1.5 vs 1.4) per sport than the Frenchman thus far this season, whereas can also be dribbled previous much less (0.5 vs 0.9) which means that the 18-year-old deserves an opportunity to indicate what he can do as Villa’s beginning left-back when he returns from Kilmarnock.