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da doce： Dean Smith has been forced to face his first campaign as Aston Villa boss with just two strikers to pick from, and he has finally revealed the problem with Keinan Davis.
Villa have now picked up just one win in their last 11 games in all competitions, and the lack of quality up front has no doubt played its part.
Tammy Abraham has of course bagged 20 goals already this season, but Jonathan Kodjia has mustered just six strikes and Smith doesn’t really have any options after those two.
The third option would be the 21 year-old Davis, who impressed for England’s Under-20 side last year, scoring twice in three appearances.
The youngster has scored three goals and added four assists in 38 appearances for Villa, and Smith has now revealed what’s been keeping him out of the matchday squads.
What did Smith say?
“He has not trained this week because of a problem in his pelvis. It has been niggling away at him,” Smith told the Birmingham Mail.
“He has played through it at times and then found he is in too much pain. He has not been on the bench because of that.”
A long-term concern?
The youngster is by no means a Villa regular, but he was in the matchday squad for nine straight league games between December and February.
Davis has since not been included in the last four squads, with the Villans picking up just two points from those four games.
The youngster has a very high ceiling and would give Smith another option to call upon, so a persistent injury problem at such a tender age is a big concern.