‘Weapon’ – Ex-Aston Villa Man Backs Villa Star Over Liverpool And Spurs Players

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Stuart Franklin/Getty Images Former Aston Villa midfielder Karim El-Ahmadi believes that Villans attacker Donyell Malen is the Netherlands’ best winger option ahead of Tottenham Hotspur’s Xavi Simons and Liverpool’s Jeremie Frimpong. Ex-Villa star El-Ahmadi feels that Liverpool summer arrival Frimpong would not work alongside Inter Milan’s Denzel Dumfries on the right-hand side.

Club FC Twente Feyenoord Al-Ahli Aston Villa Al-Ittihad Clubs Karim El-Ahmadi played for The 40-year-old dubbed Malen a ‘weapon’ and made it clear that, with Memphis Depay playing as the frontman, the Aston Villa attacker complements him the best. “I do think he’s the best option”, El-Ahmadi said about Malen via Dutch outlet Voetbal Primeur.

“Malen inside, I think he’s a real weapon. Then others have to get into that space, and if anyone can do that, it’s Malen.” The 26-year-old attacker recently admitted that it was not easy for him to adapt to the Premier League, but he insisted that he has been doing the right things consistently.