Aston Villa midfielder Carney Chukwuemeka isn’t any closer to signing a new deal at Villa Park.
That’s according to The Athletic’s Gregg Evans, with a number of supporters unhappy at the news on social media.
The 18-year-old’s current contract runs until 2023, however, he hasn’t featured in the last seven Premier League games following his full debut against Brentford back in August.
Dean Smith had an ideal opportunity to hand Chukwuemeka more top-flight minutes during the 4-1 defeat to West Ham on Sunday.
Fellow youngster Jacob Ramsey had to be replaced following a collision with Tomas Soucek, however, Smith opted for versatile wing-back Ashley Young from the bench over Chukwuemeka, a more natural midfielder.
Evans claimed in a story on Wednesday that the teenage attacking midfielder is no closer to penning new terms in the Midlands, labelling it as ‘no surprise’.
Villa fans react
@villareport relayed Evans’ claim on Chukwuemeka on Twitter on Wednesday. This is what these Villa fans had to say in reply, with many placing the blame on the club and not the player and one labelling it as 'disappointing'.
“Sigh what is happening to my club”
“hate this club”
“Thanks for ruining my day”
“This is disappointing and we need to get Chuk signed up asap. Such a talent.”
“Don't blame him a single bit. For some reason he was sitting on the bench the whole game when we needed a CM sub in the first half, when we subbed on a 37 year old wing back on instead of Carney.”
“If we lose him bc of Smiths inability to make good subs, I will change sport entirely”
“No positive news coming out of the club at the minute!”
“This isn’t good”
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