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title: "Aston Villa: Fans react to Leon Bailey update"
canonical: "https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/aston-villa-fans-react-to-leon-bailey-update-5/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Charlie Smith"
section: "Aston Villa"
published: "2021-11-03T20:35:10Z"
modified: "2021-11-03T20:35:10Z"
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# Aston Villa: Fans react to Leon Bailey update

**Aston Villa winger Leon Bailey has been [called up](https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/aston-villa-bailey-martinez-argentina-22047949) to Jamaica’s squad for games against El Salvador and the USA later this month.**

And a number of Villa fans have been reacting to the news, shared by reliable reporter [Ashley Preece](https://twitter.com/PreeceObserver/status/1455592899018694667).

Bailey, who cost Villa [£28.8m](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/aston-villa/transfers/verein/405) this summer, is yet to turn out for his country as a Villa player due to [injury issues](https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/aston-villa-bailey-martinez-argentina-22047949) in the September and October international breaks.

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However, he is now fully fit and will fly back home following Friday’s meeting with Southampton. Jamaica still have [eight](https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/aston-villa-bailey-martinez-argentina-22047949) World Cup qualifiers to fulfil between now and the end of March, so it could be a busy five months for Bailey.

[Preece](https://twitter.com/PreeceObserver/status/1455592899018694667) stated that the 24-year-old will clock up over 10,000 miles in the air during the international break and will return to the Midlands prior to the clash with Brighton on November 20.

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### Villa fans react

This is what these Villa fans had to say in reply to Preece’s [post](https://twitter.com/PreeceObserver/status/1455592899018694667) on Bailey, with one labelling it as ‘terrible news’, due to the fractured nature of his start in the Midlands…

**“The reason why we are going down! Martinez the same”**

[Credit: @utvavfcutv](https://twitter.com/utvavfcutv/status/1455608443595902978)

**“Welp that’s him coming back hurt.”**

[Credit: @LionsVilla](https://twitter.com/LionsVilla/status/1455594589218217987)

**“Terrible news.”**

[Credit: @Spratzer](https://twitter.com/Spratzer/status/1455594114901229569)

**“Internationals are becoming a joke”**

[Credit: @Pagan\_\_13](https://twitter.com/Pagan__13/status/1455595199380533253)

**“What an absolute joke”**

[Credit: @av1874\_hc](https://twitter.com/av1874_hc/status/1455593423931650057)

**“he’s gonna get injured isn’t he”**

[Credit: @catrinavfc](https://twitter.com/catrinavfc/status/1455596227517632518)

***In other news: [‘From worse to terrible’ – Many AVFC fans fume at ‘more injury worries’.](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/aston-villa-news/aston-villa-fans-react-to-jacob-ramsey-update/)***