Jack Grealish left Aston Villa more than three years ago, but it appears they may have finally found a replacement. One of the acquisitions that lessened the damage after Grealish's British transfer record move to Manchester City in 2021 was Leon Bailey. The Jamaican international has blossomed for Unai Emery's team over the last 13 months, despite his lackluster prior performance. Leon Bailey (16) now has as many Premier League assists for Aston Villa as Jack Grealish. At Ipswich Town, Bailey recorded his 11th assist of the season as Ollie Watkins sealed the Villans' first-half comeback. Since the start of 2023–24, the former Bayer Leverkusen winger has contributed to 20 goal involvements overall. Grealish's total of 16 top-flight assists over three years at Villa Park matched his personal mark from four complete seasons with his hometown club. How many more will he accumulate before all is said and done next May?
On Sunday, Real Madrid will play its first Madrid derby of the season at the Metropolitano. They will be without Kylian Mbappe for the matchup because he will be out for the next three weeks due to a thigh injury he acquired in the midweek triumph against Alaves.
Mbappe, who had expressed a desire to be present in person, will instead watch the game from home, according to L'Equipe. Real Madrid, however, has advised him to avoid the area due to potential security lapses, which would not ensure his safety at the Metropolitano.In recent years, there have been incidents between Atletico Madrid and Real Madrid fans, and the former always creates a heated environment when their hated rivals visit town. Los Blancos officials do not want to risk any issues with Mbappe, thus they have declined his request to attend the match with his teammates.
It would be intriguing to see how Real Madrid performs without Mbappe, especially because Carlo Ancelotti is likely to return to the method he used last season.
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