Aston Villa loanee Jordan Veretout seems pretty calm about what will happen at the end of the season.
Having a one-year spell at Saint-Étienne, the player managed to settle in well at the French side, having made 23 league appearances already.
In an interview with Le Dauphiné this week, he claims he still doesn’t know where he’ll be playing next season.
“I belong to Villa, of which I remain a big supporter. That said, with Les Verts, the door is not closed. We’ll see in three months”.
Veretout arrived at Aston Villa on a £8.5m transfer from FC Nantes in 2015. He claims that moving from France to England had a huge impact in his playing style: “I like to project myself forward, to make others play. To sit in front of the defense or more forward on the pitch.
“At Villa, despite the relegation, I learned a lot. I played 29 matches, I grew, progressed. In England, the pace is high. It goes quickly. “Box to box”, you need stamina”.
The player has a contract with Aston Villa until 2020. The loan deal with Saint-Étienne does not include a buying option over the player, which means the clubs would have to find a new agreement in case the French side want to keep him.
Veretout claims he’s now focused in getting a better result against Manchester United in the Europa League, since the first match at Old Trafford finished with a 3-0 win for the Red Devils. According to him, the result could be the referee’s fault: “For the moment, the priority is to give everything in front of Manchester United and to get rid of the frustration born of two contestable referee decisions”.
