With both AFC Bournemouth and Newcastle United claiming back-to-back victories in their last two league outings, Aston Villa are seemingly drifting further and further away from their Premier League opposition as the current season plays out in timely fashion.
The impending threat of relegation looms ever closer for the Villa Park faithful this term, and even though the newly installed Remi Garde does in-fact seem like a rather capable tactician on the back of his previous reputation in France, it remains progressively harder to imagine his side eventually keeping their necks above water in 2015/16.
However, because the January transfer window offers each of the top-flight strugglers a potential way out of their current predicament, Aston Villa could possibly save themselves with some magic work in the transfer market this winter.
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So as former Manchester United captain – Nemanja Vidic – has become the latest name to be linked with a move to Villa Park this season, could Remi Garde really tie down the former Serbian international before things truly get out of hand for the Midlands-based club?
Although the 34-year-old centre-back is hardly operating amid the prime stages of his footballing career still, that doesn’t mean that Aston Villa couldn’t use someone like Vidic at the back throughout the remainder of the current season. The former Old Trafford favourite is expected to return to full fitness in the New Year, with Inter Milan reportedly keen on finding a replacement for the defensive veteran as soon as the chance presents itself this January.
From his impressive spell at Manchester United just a few short seasons ago – every Premier League fan knows just how capable Nemanja Vidic can very well prove on his day. He may no longer have the pace to cover as much ground as he used to under Sir Alex Ferguson, but as the 34-year-old remains one of the most experienced centre-backs in the whole of Europe at the minute, surely Aston Villa wouldn’t say no to his potential services when the winter transfer window finally opens?
Via his determined defensive organisation, often flawless ability to read the game at the highest level – as well as possessing that all important ability to crop up with the odd game-changing goal every now and then – Vidic is a player who many Premier League clubs could at least consider in 2015/16.
He may fail to represent the same player we saw at Old Trafford before he eventually moved on to the Italian Serie A, and it remains obvious that the former Manchester United man was indeed prone to conceding the rare mistake from time to time – but because Aston Villa’s defence simply needs all the help it can get this season – maybe Remi Garde’s reported interest may be more genuine than initial appearances first make out.
The Villa Park faithful have unfortunately paid witness to an awful lot of defensive errors throughout the 2015/16 campaign, with Aston Villa looking no closer to amending their current woes than they were under Tim Sherwood at the beginning of the season. The potential signing of Nemanja Vidic would therefore prove massive for the Villans this term if the club can eventually see this one over the line.
However, as Premier League rivals – Everton – are also supposedly casting their watchful eye over the current Inter Milan veteran this winter, maybe such a signing won’t prove smooth sailing for Aston Villa. The Toffees obviously remain far better placed within the overall league table as things currently stand, so Remi Garde could very well find himself in a particularly tough negotiating position when the time comes this January.
Unless Aston Villa simply throw money at the ex-Manchester United captain on a possible short term deal until the end of the current season, the potential winter coup of Nemanja Vidic this January may prove a task much easier said than done.
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