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as Unai Emery and aston villa Heading into the important second half of the season with two games to play Premier League (Currently ranked eighth, four points away from the top four) uefa champions league (currently fifth in the league standings), the business they do this month could be very important to the success of their season.
Villa are currently showing interest in a number of deals in the January transfer window, Borussia Dortmund striker Donyel Malen has received a lot of interest so fartwo offers for the 25-year-old Bundesliga forward have been rejected.
But Aston Villa will look for new opportunities in the transfer window to strengthen Emery’s squad, hoping to have an excellent second half of the season, challenge for the top four again, and strive to advance to the next stage of the Champions League. alliance.
Aston Villa transfer news
according to RMC Sports ReportAston Villa are considering a move for out-of-favour Paris Saint-Germain striker Marco Asensio. The French giants are said to be willing to let the 28-year-old Spaniard leave the club this month after he has only played a small role so far this season.
Asensio has 15 appearances for PSG so far this seasonScored 2 goals and provided 4 assists in 748 minutes. Most of these minutes were spent in an unfamiliar center forward role, more like a false nine, than in his more natural attacking midfielder/wide role.
This could provide Aston Villa with a good opportunity, reminiscent of Philippe Coutinho in the 2021/22 season, when they signed him on loan during the January transfer window before moving on in the summer of 2022 Window on permanent transfer, seized the opportunity to sign senior technical personnel.
Aston Villa’s next Coutinho
Coutinho joins Villa from Barcelona Around £17m spent after initial six months of loan agreement. During his time at Villa, Coutinho made 43 appearancesscored 6 goals, provided 3 assists, and played a total of 2,296 minutes.
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Marco Asensio (24/25) vs Philippe Coutinho (21/22) comparison |
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Statistics (per 90 minutes) |
Asensio |
Coutinho |
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Target |
0.24 |
0.32 |
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Assist |
0.48 |
0.14 |
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xG |
0.67 |
0.32 |
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xAG |
0.34 |
0.15 |
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progressive carry |
2.53 |
3.70 |
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Progressive Pass |
4.46 |
6.11 |
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Total shots on goal |
3.49 |
3.24 |
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key pass |
1.93 |
1.25 |
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Create the action of the shot |
4.34 |
3.66 |
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Statistics taken from FB reference |
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Comparing Coutinho’s season at Villa with Asensio’s numbers this season at PSG, you can see how the Spaniard will provide good attacking quality to Unai Emery’s side. While Coutinho has a better goalscoring record that season, Asensio has actually produced more xG and xAG (expected goals and expected assists) so far in 2024/25 by comparison. ball).
Expected goals (xG) is a metric designed to measure the probability of a goal being scored.
Coutinho performs slightly better in progressive metrics, but Asensio, while still ranking high in these metrics, is also providing more production in the final third at this time, with better output, higher of shots and more key passing/shot-creating actions per 90 seconds.
Asensio is only 28 years old – Vicente del Bosque calls him “world class player” – who clearly still has the ability to perform at the top level and could provide Aston Villa with another versatile attacking option who has Champions League experience which could be invaluable to their campaign.
