Reliable Aston Villa reporter Ashley Preece has admitted that there is a Plan B for Louie Barry in January.
Barry was one of a number of academy players who were sent out on loan in the summer.
He joined League One side Ipswich Town, however, things haven’t exactly gone to plan for the centre-forward, who is awaiting his first goal under Paul Cook.
The 18-year-old has started just three games in all competitions and hasn’t featured in eight of the Tractor Boys’ 10 third-tier fixtures.
Preece was asked by one Villa fan in a Q&A for Birmingham Live on Wednesday about Barry and if the club were planning on recalling the forward in the winter window.
He revealed that Villa are monitoring Barry closely, with a possible plan to end his Ipswich stay before loaning him to a League Two side in the New Year where he would feature more regularly from the off.
Villa fans react
@villareport shared Preece’s claim regarding Barry on Twitter on Thursday afternoon. This is what these Villa supporters had to say in reply…
“It was an absolutely terrible loan move.”
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“Knew this would be the case. Not worked out at Ipswich.”
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“Jedinak needs to send him to Swindon”
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“Hope so, he’s losing important development minutes on the pitch atm. I say bring him home and loan him to Walsall”
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“Would be sensible. Clearly working well for Kesler Hayden, and even the National League was clearly a good move for Archer last season. If Ipswich don’t want to play ball then there’ll be much better spots for him elsewhere.”
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“Get him to Swindon”
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