Aston Villa manager Unai Emery has praised Leon Bailey’s commitment to the club after penning a new contract with the Villans.
The Villa boss, speaking to the club’s media team, also highlighted how the player is working hard to improve his consistency.
Earlier this month, Villa announced that the 26-year-old had signed a new deal at the club.
Bailey joined the Villans in the summer of 2021 and has made 87 appearances in claret-and-blue, registering 16 goals and 15 assists.
The Jamaica international has registered 10 goals and nine assists in all competitions for Villa so far this season
Aston Villa boss Unai Emery ‘very happy’ with Leon Bailey
Emery, speaking ahead of the Villans’ Premier League trip to Fulham, spoke of how “demanding” he and his coaches are towards Bailey.
In turn, the Villa attacking talent is working hard to ensure that he can maintain consistency more often.
“We are very happy with him,” said Emery. “His process when I arrived here was progressively getting better, but sometimes we were trying to work with him on some improvements, to be consistent.
“His performances were being better at home than away and he’s working hard to try to be consistent – not only when we are with the ball and we can get him into the attacking third for one v ones and to use his speed.
“We have to be compact and defensively strong. We are trying to get the balance with him, playing being consistent. We’re very demanding with him.
