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title: "It’s already obvious that these 2 Aston Villa players don’t want to be playing for the club – Agreed?"
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type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Alex Rigby"
section: "Aston Villa"
published: "2018-10-25T15:45:29Z"
modified: "2018-10-25T15:45:29Z"
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# It’s already obvious that these 2 Aston Villa players don’t want to be playing for the club – Agreed?

**Once a stalwart team in the Premier League, and now languishing in 16th place in the Championship. Not great reading for the Midlands side.**

It’s hard to pin down exactly what has gone wrong at Aston Villa over the years; issues with the board, shifting owners, multiple managers, and wasted transfer money, however, probably does a good enough job.

New boss Dean Smith came in and secured a 1-0 victory against Swansea over the weekend, and things were starting to look up for club. A run of form with such a strong team and a huge portion of the season still to go could work wonders for a squad who are clearly lacking a bit of confidence. Fast forward to Tuesday, Villa were back in a very similar position, losing this time to Norwich City 2-1.

There’s no excuse for it, but players performances can drop sometimes if their ‘heart’ isn’t in it. It’s an unfortunate fact in sports psychology – however, one we must all become used to.

With that in mind, here are two players who already look like they’ve had enough at the club this season…

**Anwar El Ghazi**

![](https://cdn.footballtransfertavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/ElGhazi-.jpg)

In theory, El Ghazi should be some player. He’s represented Ajax Amsterdam at every level, and turned out for his home-nation, the Netherlands. His stats in Eredivisie, where he’s spent the majority of his playing career, are pretty decent too – scoring 20 and providing 15 assists in 70 games.

Since joining Villa from Lille, however, his performances have left **a lot** to be desired.

He’s spent hardly any time in Villa’s matchday squads, and fans have started to question his commitment to the club. This could quite possibly be a case of the player looking to run down his loan spell at the club in the most effortless way possible.

**Jack Grealish**

![](https://cdn.footballtransfertavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Smith-1.jpg)

Another young player whose career has been rumbled following the interest from a big Premier League club. Grealish’s name has been thrown around for some time now as one of the brightest young prospects in English football. However, since Tottenham started [poking around in the summer](https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/jack-grealish-transfer-aston-villa-15003224), things haven’t really been the same.

It’s always difficult to gauge a players attitude after something like this – that is, whether they’re bitter and resentful, or not – and how committed they are to the team who kept them on.