Villa Loan Watch w/e 11 January

James
Jan 10
5 min read

Updated: 4 days ago

Misses his 21st game for Huddersfield due to a foot injury.

Monday, 5 January

Samuel Iling-Junior 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Samuel Iling-Junior comes on as a 79th-minute substitute for West Bromwich Albion 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 in their Championship defeat at Leicester City. Albion manager Ryan Mason is sacked following the game, but the impact, if any, on SIJ's loan is unclear.

West Bromwich Albion 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🕒 17 | ✅ 10 | 🔁 7 | ⚽ 1 | 🔥 0 | 🇺 2 |

Full Player Profile: https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/player/samuel-illing-junior

Tuesday, 6 January

Leon Bailey 🇯🇲

Leon Bailey isn't selected by AS Roma 🇮🇹 to play Lecce in Serie A due to an apparent muscular injury; however, regardless, AS Roma 🇮🇹 remains in discussions with Villa about terminating Bailey's loan agreement.

AS Roma 🇮🇹 🕒 10 | ✅ 1 | 🔁 9 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 1 | 🇺 1 |

Full Player Profile: https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/player/leon-bailey

Wednesday, 7 January

Enzo Barrenechea 🇦🇷

Enzo Barrenechea isn't selected by Benfica 🇵🇹 for their semi-final Allianz Cup defeat to Braga due to s shoulder injury. We cannot confirm or otherwise whether Enzo is sleeping at the training ground alongside the rest of the first-team squad as demanded by Jose Mourinho following their Cup loss.

Benfica 🇵🇹 🕒 28 | ✅ 28 | 🔁 0 | ⚽ 1 | 🔥 0 | 🇺 1 |

Full Player Profile: https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/player/enzo-barrenechea

Friday, 9 January

Joe Gauci 🇦🇺

Following the sacking of Darren Moore and arrival of Jon Brady as manager, Joe Gauci is restored to the line-up, plays the full 90 and keeps a clean sheet to help Port Vale 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 beat Fleetwood Town 1-0 and make it through to the FA Cup 4th Round

Port Vale 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🕒 13 | ✅ 13 | 🔁 0 | ⛔ 5 | 🥅 13 | 🇺 6 |

Full Player Profile: https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/player/joe-gauci

Lewis Dobbin 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Lewis Dobbin plays 72 minutes but can't stop Preston North End 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 being knocked out in the 3rd round of the FA Cup at Deepdale by Wigan Athletic, losing 0-1.

Preston North End 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🕒 21 | ✅ 17 | 🔁 4 | ⚽ 6 | 🔥 7 | 🇺 1 |

Full Player Profile: https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/player/lewis-dobbin

Kerr Smith 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

5 Jan-11 Jan: no Barrow 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 fixture scheduled, but Kerr is recalled from his loan by Villa after an injury-hit spell restricted him to just three appearances.

Barrow 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🕒 3 | ✅ 1 | 🔁 2 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺 4 |

Full Player Profile: https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/aston-villa/reserve/kerr-smith

Saturday, 10 January

Josh Feeney 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Josh is named on the bench for Huddersfield Town's 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 early kick off against Stockport County in League One and Tyke boss Lee Grant doesn't call on our young defender in their defeat on the road as they succumb to a 90'+6 winner.

Huddersfield Town 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🕒 16 | ✅ 13 | 🔁 3 | ⚽ 1 | 🔥 0 | 🇺 3 |

Full Player Profile: https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/aston-villa/reserve/josh-feeney

Zépiqueno Redmond 🇳🇱

Zép remains out of contention for Huddersfield Town 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 with the injury that has limited his game time to one start in three appearances and led him to miss their last 21 games.

Huddersfield Town 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🕒 3 | ✅ 1 | 🔁 2 | ⚽ 1 | 🔥 0 | 🇺 0 |

Full Player Profile: https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/player/zepiqueno-redmond

Tommi O'Reilly 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Tommi starts, and plays 83 minutes as Crewe Alexandra 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 are held 1-1 at home by Harrogate Town in League Two thanks to a 90'+3 equaliser from the visitors.

Crewe Alexandra 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🕒 28 | ✅ 27 | 🔁 1 | ⚽ 4 | 🔥 9 | 🇺 0 |

Full Player Profile: https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/aston-villa/reserve/tommi-o'reilly

Max Lott 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

After extending his loan move for another month, Max comes on as a 58th minute substitute for Stratford Town 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 in their 1-0 win over Redditch United in Southern League - Premier Central

Stratford Town 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🕒 11 | ✅ 2 | 🔁 9 | ⚽ 2 | 🔥 1 | 🇺 0 |

Full Player Profile: https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/aston-villa/reserve/max-lott-

Leon Bailey 🇯🇲

Leon Bailey isn't selected by AS Roma 🇮🇹 to play Sassulo in Serie A due to his reported muscular injury, as Villa confirm they are not interested in a premature return for the winger.

"My opinion and our decision in the summer is now the same. We must keep him playing in Rome."

Unai Emery

AS Roma 🇮🇹 🕒 10 | ✅ 1 | 🔁 9 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 1 | 🇺 1 |

Full Player Profile: https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/player/leon-bailey

Sam Lewis 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Sam rejoins Oxford City on an initial one-month loan deal after his initial stint there from August to December. Sam is straight back in the team to help his team to an astonishing win, after having conceded an equaliser on 90'+2, Oxford City 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 score on 90'+5 to take the points against Buxton in National League North

Oxford City 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🕒 16 | ✅ 16 | 🔁 0 | ⛔ 3 | 🥅 27 | 🇺 0 |

Full Player Profile: https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/aston-villa/reserve/sam-lewis

Sunday, 11 January

Samuel Iling-Junior 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

SIJ's on the bench for West Bromwich Albion 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 FA Cup tie at Swansea City. 'Manager' James Morrison makes SEVEN subs from a nine-man bench, and SIJ is the only one not called upon other than the back-up keeper. Expect a loan termination shortly.

West Bromwich Albion 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🕒 17 | ✅ 10 | 🔁 7 | ⚽ 1 | 🔥 0 | 🇺 2 |

Full Player Profile: https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/player/samuel-illing-junior

Thierry Katsukunya 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Thierry remained an unused substotute as Real Unión 🇪🇸 won at CD Tudelano in Segunda Federación - Grupo II

Real Unión 🇪🇸 🕒 6 | ✅ 4 | 🔁 2 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺 9 |

Full Player Profile: https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/player/thierry-katsukunya