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title: "Aston Villa: Enquiry made about Tom Bayliss"
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published: "2019-07-29T17:45:12Z"
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# Aston Villa: Enquiry made about Tom Bayliss

**Aston Villa have enquired about Coventry City midfielder Tom Bayliss, according to [Football Insider](https://www.footballinsider247.com/exclusive-aston-villa-and-derby-make-move-to-sign-highly-rated-midfielder/).**

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Huddersfield Town and Derby County are [**also interested**](https://www.footballinsider247.com/exclusive-aston-villa-and-derby-make-move-to-sign-highly-rated-midfielder/) in signing the 20-year-old, who has already amassed [**73 games**](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/tom-bayliss/leistungsdatendetails/spieler/425799/verein/990) in a Coventry shirt, scoring nine goals and assisting seven.

Coventry are reportedly [**resigned to the fact**](https://www.footballinsider247.com/exclusive-aston-villa-and-derby-make-move-to-sign-highly-rated-midfielder/) they will lose the England U19 international this summer.

![](https://cdn.footballtransfertavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/THE-BREAKDOWN.png)

Bayliss started [**39 games**](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/tom-bayliss/leistungsdatendetails/spieler/425799/saison/2018/verein/990/liga/0/wettbewerb//pos/0/trainer_id/0/plus/1) in all competitions last season, coming on as a substitute twice, scoring three goals and assisting thrice more.

When speaking to [**The Chronicle**](https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/very-little-fazes-him-coventry-16247897), Coventry Live’s Coventry City reporter [**Andy Turner**](https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/authors/andy-turner/) said of Bayliss: “He has a very mature head on young shoulders and very little fazes him – a great example of that being when he played and performed well in huge pressure games in the League Two play-off semi-finals and the final at Wembley Stadium.”

While stating he can get there, Turner didn’t feel Bayliss is quite ready for the Premier League: “Although he burst onto the Sky Blues scene aged 18 in December 2017, scoring within two minutes of his league debut and commanding a place in the side pretty much ever since (including playing a key role in the club’s promotion via the League Two play-offs) his form has plateaued out a bit in his second full season.”

![](https://cdn.footballtransfertavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Verdict.png)

Bayliss is a talented player, who Villa would do well to sign considering how much potential he has to grow as a player.

However, it may be detrimental to the 20-year-old’s development to take the hit in game time a move to Villa Park would likely entail.

Therefore it could be a good idea for Villa to sign the young Englishman and loan him to a Championship side. There, he is likely to get more minutes, which could ready him for the Midlands club later down the line.

***Aston Villa fans, would Bayliss be a clever signing? Comment below!***