Aston Villa: Abdoulaye Ba
Hindsight is a wonderful thing but Paul Lambert must be wishing he has successfully lured FC Porto defender Abdoulaye Ba this summer. The Midlands club were pushing to bring in the Senegal international and now there is an added reason the Villa Park side could have done with his services.
Summer signing Jores Okore has suffered a knee injury that will keep him out for the entire season and as such there may well be a distinct lack of alternatives at the back.
Lambert’s side have failed to keep a clean sheet in any of their opening four Premier League fixtures and Ba may have been the answer to this problem however the 22 year old has instead moved to Vitória Guimarães on loan.