Through any means necessary, FC Barcelona had to get rid of Clement Lenglet during the summer because they could not pay his full salary because of FFP rules.

Catalonia tried to sell the French center back to Tottenham and Al Nassr, but in the end, they loaned him to Aston Villa in the Premier League.

The Villans agreed to pay 75% of Lenglet’s wages and sign him on a season-long loan with no chance to buy. This was good news for Barcelona.

The club hoped to get rid of him for good next summer if he played well for Villa, which would help him get other offers.

Are there plans for a recall?

But things haven’t gone that way for Clement Lenglet at Aston Villa, and Barcelona is becoming more worried about him.

In fact, the 28-year-old hasn’t played much for Unai Emery’s team so far this season, which is why Barcelona is thinking about calling him back in the middle of the season.

SPORT says Barcelona is thinking about whether to bring him back from Aston Villa in January and loan him to a La Liga club, if the rules allow it.

The Catalans are in a tough spot because Lenglet has only played three times for Villa this season, and all of those games were in the UEFA Europa Conference League.

The French player hasn’t played a single minute of Premier League football this season because Emery would rather have Pau Torres than the loanee from Barcelona.

Ville is pleased with Lenglet.

The story also says that Villa and Lenglet are both pretty happy with how things are and think they can get better in the next few weeks.

The Frenchman is doing a good job for Aston Villa, and the goalkeeper is also doing a good job.

It’s still unclear whether Barcelona will go through with their plan to bring Lenglet back or will let him stay with Birmingham.