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Aston Villa goal machine is set to leave Unai Emery with a decision to make in 2025
Aston Villa have a host of players out on loan this season. Among them are exciting pair Tommi O'Reilly and Josh Feeney at Shrewsbury Town, Lino Sousa at Bristol Rovers and Rico Richards at Port Vale. Then they have the internationals; Philippe Coutinho, Leander Dendoncker, Enzo Barrenechea, Alex Moreno and Samuel Iling-Junior have mixed futures ahead of them.
Perhaps as exciting a prospect of any on this list right now is Louie Barry. Signed as a prospering teenager from Barcelona in 2020, having come through the ranks as a goal machine at West Bromwich Albion prior to that, the Sutton Coldfield forward has been exposed to precious minutes and opportunities in the first-team environment.
Indeed the one chance granted presented itself because of circumstance; Barry netted in the 4-1 FA Cup defeat to Liverpool, at a time when Covid ruled out the entire Villa first team squad. Since, it's been a series of loans in order for Barry, who has built up experience elsewhere over the course of the last three years.
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Now 21, Barry has spent time at Ipswich, Swindon, MK Dons, Salford and, now, he can be found at Stockport County. Indeed it's going well; Barry, whose loan club are into the next round of Bristol Street Motors Trophy alongside Villa under 21s, helped fired Stockport to promotion with a run of seven goals in as many league games through August and October last year. Injury struck but he returned to help the club over the line as League Two champions.
The opportunity for Barry to return to Edgeley Park in the summer and he has lit up League One since; the striker has netted 11 goals already for the high fliers this season, contributing towards two in the 5-0 hammering of Bolton Wanderers last weekend and helping to inspire the club into the play-offs.
Having extended his contract before leaving Villa in the summer, there'll be a decision for Unai Emery to make in pre-season 2025 on whether to integrate the forward into his ranks or if more minutes away from Villa Park is the route to take; Barry will turn 22 next June and it feels as though we're reaching now or never territory as he seeks to make an impact in the Villa first-team sphere.
