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title: "Exclusive: Hendrie says he wouldn’t be surprised to see Neil Taylor leave Aston Villa"
canonical: "https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/exclusive-hendrie-says-he-wouldnt-be-surprised-to-see-neil-taylor-leave-aston-villa-transfers-rumour-e116/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Caleb Sage"
section: "Aston Villa"
published: "2021-05-15T11:09:28Z"
modified: "2021-05-15T11:09:28Z"
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# Exclusive: Hendrie says he wouldn’t be surprised to see Neil Taylor leave Aston Villa

**Former Aston Villa midfielder Lee Hendrie has told [The Transfer Tavern](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/) in an exclusive interview that he would not be surprised to see Neil Taylor leave his old side in the summer.**

Taylor has been a good servant to Villa after joining in 2017, helping the Midlands club to win promotion back to the Premier League.

However, the 32-year-old left-back is out of contract at the end of the season and [Sky Sports](https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11677/12299407/neil-taylor-istanbul-basaksehir-chasing-out-of-contract-aston-villa-full-back) are now reporting that Turkish outfit Istanbul Basaksehir are interested in bringing him to the Basaksehir Fatih Terim Stadium on a free transfer.

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Speaking exclusively to **TT** about Taylor’s future, Hendrie said:

*“Taylor’s been one of those servants that some fans have liked him, some fans haven’t. Listen, when he’s played he’s worn his heart on his sleeve and he’s done well.*

*“I think the possibility of him signing a new contract is very, very bleak. I think he’d certainly be thinking and considering going and playing the latter stages of his career somewhere else, so it wouldn’t surprise me if he did leave the club.”*

If Taylor wants to play regular football, then leaving this summer is probably his best option.

Matt Targett has really made that left-back position his own this season, making over [30](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/matt-targett/leistungsdaten/spieler/250478) appearances for Dean Smith’s side in the current Premier League campaign, so it is hard to imagine Taylor usurping him.