Mark Walters believes Aston Villa should find Stewart Downing’s replacement first – EPL News
Legendary Aston Villa winger, Mark Walters, believes that the Villans should first find the perfect replacement for Stewart Downing before they even consider selling him. Moreover, Walters reckons that the club’s youngsters don’t have enough experience and
quality to replace the outgoing English winger at the Villa Park.
Downing, who joined Aston Villa from Middlesbrough two seasons ago, was an iconic figure in Gérard Houllier’s squad last season. The English winger led the Villans to finish in the top half of the Barclays Premier League despite being on the wrong side of
the table for most of the season.
The 26-year-old winger has attracted interest from a number of clubs including http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Liverpool-c39809.
However, Mark Walters believes that Aston Villa would face another disappointing season if they intend to sell Downing. The Legendary winger has urged the Villans to at least find a replacement to fill in Downing’s boots at the Villa Park before contemplating
a sale.
“If Villa want to do anything this season they must at least replace him first before they even consider selling him,” added Walters.
Barclays Premier League’s second most creative player in the past five seasons, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ashley-Young-c6813, has already been sold to Manchester United and Mark Walters believes that the Villans will lack creativity next season if Downing is sold.
“But considering Villa have no-one to replace him, it would leave them a big problem in terms of who is left to create the chances.” The legend voiced his opinion.
Aston Villa have one of the strongest youth squads in the Barclays Premier League and Walters also believes that the Villans are training a very talented group of young players. However, Walters feels that Aston Villa’s youngsters need time to groom and
cannot replace Downing in the foreseeable future.
“They have great youngsters in the youth and reserves teams but they are up and coming and not the calibre of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Stewart-Downing-c34221,” concluded the legendary winger.
Stewart Downing was named Aston Villa Player of the Season last year as he played 44 matches and scored 8 goals from the midfield.
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