Aston Villa’s Leon Bailey had a game to forget as Jamacia beat Canada 3-2, which will do his chances of facing Spurs no good.
Competition for places in Unai Emery’s team is high and there are very few in the line-up who have their places guaranteed. Leon Bailey is not one of those names.
Bailey is a player who often does justify his place and we even insisted he start earlier this season.
Bailey therefore relies heavily on impressing the manager to earn his place for every game, he would’ve therefore been keen to lay down a marker while on international duty this week.
However, despite playing for practically the entire game in a win for Jamacia, he was less than impressive and was actually among the worst players on the pitch for the winners.
Here’s how he performed…
Bailey poor for Jamacia
Leon Bailey lined out for Jamacia as they took on Canada on Wednesday in a 3-2 win for his country. But despite the victory, Bailey had a game to forget as per SofaScore.
Playing 89 minutes, he missed two big chances and lost one of his 13 attempted duels (70%). On top of this he lost possession nine times.
It was a performance we doubt would impress Unai Emery who was likely keenly observing how his player would get on.
Bailey only touched the ball 32 times which means he lost the ball nearly a third of the times he got it.
He was awarded a rating of just 6/10 for his display which he will no doubt be disappointed by. He has done himself no favours when it comes to his chances of playing against Spurs.
Hasn’t done himself any favours
The players that Bailey is in competition with are so good that he can’t afford to have such a poor display. Moussa Diaby and John McGinn who are seen as absolute starters for Emery are tough to drop.
Bailey therefore needs to impress and he just hasn’t done this here. Even on the other side, a returning Jacob Ramsey is a more likely starter right now.
So he hasn’t helped himself but no doubt will be ready if or when called upon this weekend given he is often hugely impressive from the bench.
Certainly international football isn’t the be all and end all, but he definitely hasn’t done himself any favours.
