Former Aston Villa scout Bryan King feels there's a problem with Alejandro Garnacho at Aston Villa, and he shouldn't have been signed in the first place.
Garnacho is yet to play more than 15 minutes in a single game for Villa. He's played only three times, for a total of 31 minutes.
Academy graduate George Hemmings is the preferred left-winger, and when he was dropped to the bench to accommodate for new signing Johan Manzambi's first start against Tottenham in the last game, it was Hemmings who was introduced in the second half over Garnacho.
Former Villa scout King doesn't feel the Argentine should have been signed amid his tough start at Villa Park.
He told Football Insider: "I wouldn't have signed him. I would not have brought him to the football club. You've only got to see what his attitude was like at Man United and see what it was like at Chelsea.
"He starts off with a bang, although at Villa he hasn't even started off with a bang yet. Harvey Elliott was a little bit of a different situation - that's another player I didn't fancy for Villa. And I certainly don't fancy Garnacho as a Villa player.
"When a side's been playing as indifferent as what Villa have been playing and he still hasn't got in the team, then there's obviously something going on behind the scenes as far as I'm concerned.
"There was all smiles and handshakes when he signed, but it doesn't look as though there's all smiles and handshakes at the moment."
Villa can't send Alejandro Garnacho back in January
Garnacho is on an initial loan from Chelsea, which will become permanent in the summer once what have been referred to as achievable conditions are met.
When Villa had Harvey Elliott through the door on a similar deal last season, they simply didn't allow the conditions to be met, and he therefore sat on the bench for most of the season.
If Unai Emery doesn't rate Garnacho enough to play him more, then that might be the same for him.
Indeed, The Telegraph recently reported that there is no way of the loan deal cancelled in January.
Without an exit clause, Garnacho will have to hope he can get himself in Emery's good books, or risk sitting on the bench for a season before heading back to Chelsea with his tail between his legs.
The Blues evidently don't want him either, so if that happens, he'll once again be on the hunt for a new club. But there's a huge chunk of the season left for the winger to show Emery he's worthy of game time.
