
Tags: Football, Aston Villa, Caribbean, Leon Bailey, Steven Gerrard, Epl
Aston Villa manager Steven Gerrard is hopeful Jamaica international Leon Bailey will be available for Sunday’s clash against Chelsea. The 25-year-old forward, who has been plagued by his fair share of injuries since moving to the club, missed the team’s encounter against Nottingham Forest on Monday.
The result put more pressure on Gerrard as the team struggled to break down a resolute Forrest backline. Bailey, who has started in 6 of the team’s 8 games, has only scored once but has more successful dribbles in the 18-yard box than any other Villa player and has also delivered the most crosses (19).
The Jamaican has, however, since returned to training and Gerrard is hopeful the player will be able to return to the line-up to give the team a needed boost for what is expected to be a difficult fixture.
“Hopefully. He was out on training pitch running at 70, 80 per cent yesterday so hopefully, with no reaction, we can push him and get him available,” Gerrard said.
The coach also hinted that there could also be several changes in the team’s line-up ahead of the encounter.
“There could be a few changes in the team. It could be pretty quick.”
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