Ever wondered who Aston Villa’s current longest serving players are? No? Ok, but we’re here to tell you anyway.
Since Jack Grealish departed his boyhood club to join Premier League champions Manchester City, it’s hard to point to many players within the squad that have been there for longer than even a season or two.
With the ambitions that the owners and management have at Villa Park, it’s no surprise to see a big turnover in playing staff when season’s are finishing well below par.
And the statistics back that up.
As per the analytic website, transfermarkt.co.uk, as of the end of last season, no team in the Premier League had a lower ‘average time spent at club’ than Villa.
To put that into perspective, the average length of time an outfield Villa player had been part of the squad was 556 days compared with Manchester United, whose ‘average time at club’ was pushing 1,600 days.
And with Gerrard already adding a number of first teamers this summer, Villa’s number could decrease even further.
But who are the longest serving players at the club? BirminghamWorld have taken a look so you don’t have to.
You can see the full list below (excluding those due to sign on July 1) starting from least amount of days, to most.
9. Emi Buendia - 351 days
Approaching the year mark of Emi Buendia... from Argentina. Photo: Shaun Botterill
10. Ashley Young - 351 days
Returned for a second stint on a free transfer from Inter Milan last summer. May well have not been the end of this particular chapter yet, though. | Getty Images
11. Morgan Sanson - 527 days
Well over 500 days since Sanson joined the club from Marseille but little to shout about in that time thanks to niggling injury problems.
12. Emiliano Martinez - 639 days
Signed from Arsenal in 2020 and has never looked back. | Getty Images