{"id":49377,"date":"2021-10-23T10:34:11","date_gmt":"2021-10-22T23:34:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/astonvilla.co.uk\/another-bailey-headache-for-smith\/"},"modified":"2021-11-07T13:31:39","modified_gmt":"2021-11-07T02:31:39","slug":"another-bailey-headache-for-smith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/astonvilla.co.uk\/another-bailey-headache-for-smith\/","title":{"rendered":"Another Bailey headache for Smith"},"content":{"rendered":"
Leon Bailey is in line to return to the Aston Villa squad that takes on Arsenal at the Emirates on Friday night. The Jamaican international has missed four games after a thigh injury.<\/p>\n
The speedster signed for Villa from Bayer 04 Leverkusen in a deal believed to be in the region of \u00a330million in the summer<\/a>. Despite impressing during his short spells for Villa, he has only made three cameo appearances so far. In those 86 minutes he has contributed to a goal and assist as Villa fans are eager to see much more.<\/p>\n Questions have been made from the Villa faithful about his fitness but for a player who has averaged 36 appearances per season in the Bundesliga over the past four seasons hopefully, there is nothing to worry about.<\/p>\n Dean Smith will have to make a decision on the player\u2019s fitness when they travel to the Emirates. The player has been in training all week but is he ready to start for the game live on Sky Sports.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n And if he is? How does he fit in a 5-3-2 system that many Villa fans already consider a system that isn\u2019t working and more of a system of using just to fit in all the names into the starting line-up?<\/p>\nSmith headache<\/h3>\n