'His time will come': Emery optimistic about Villa starlet despite Champions League snub

[p]New signings [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/harwood-bellis-taylor/2J6t1Fdl/"]Taylor Harwood-Bellis[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/cisse-modou/xhKt7GmR/"]Modou Keba Cisse[/a] were the other notable exclusions from the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/aston-villa/W00wmLO0/"]Villa[/a] squad for their eight league phase games, including clashes against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/psg/CjhkPw0k/"]Paris Saint-Germain[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/barcelona/SKbpVP5K/"]Barcelona[/a].[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/madjo-brian/UwsMiPon/"]Madjo[/a] announced himself in style by scoring in a superb performance as Villa narrowly lost the UEFA Super Cup final to PSG last month, but an injury has kept the teenager out since.[/p][p][b]"It's hard for the decision we took and for the players too," Emery said ahead of Saturday's trip to [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/hull-city/S66R0t75/"]Hull[/a].[/b][/p][p][b]"We decided trying to analyse everything deeply. Taylor signed here for a long time. He stays here for a long time, and hopefully they will have again opportunity to play in Europe with us. Hopefully after January, maybe, or the next years.[/b][/p][p][b]"Madjo is 17 years old, still being so, so young, and of course he will have more opportunities to play with us this year or the next year in Europe."[/b][/p][embed guid="c220d98c-1459-4f2b-997c-88acd727345e" url="https://x.com/AstonVilla/status/2095871383674687761" social-type="twitter" /][p]Another of Villa's new signings, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/manzambi-johan/pIqmcnKc/"]Johan Manzambi[/a], is yet to make his debut due to a knee injury, but Emery is hopeful the Swiss international may be fit for next week's Champions League opener against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/club-brugge/rgTHIK74/"]Club Brugge[/a].[/p][p][b]"He is training with the group and he is professionally getting better, feeling good. But he will need some days more," he said.[/b][/p][p]The spine of the Villa side that ended a 30-year wait to win a trophy by lifting the Europa League last season has been decimated by the departures of [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/watkins-ollie/rHnOkDD8/"]Ollie Watkins[/a], [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/tielemans-youri/GtkTQyib/"]Youri Tielemans[/a], [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/konsa-ezri/4CQLQWTa/"]Ezri Konsa[/a], [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/rogers-morgan/lp4jm80n/"]Morgan Rodgers[/a], [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/martinez-emiliano/ziCcc5jM/"]Emi Martinez[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/digne-lucas/v9Ux4sua/"]Lucas Digne[/a].[/p][p]Emery's men have made a slow start to the season as a result, losing their opening two Premier League games to [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/brighton/2XrRecc3/"]Brighton[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/arsenal/hA1Zm19f/"]Arsenal[/a].[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/aston-villa-W00wmLO0/hull-S66R0t75/?mid=v5sZkp7C"]Follow Villa's clash against Hull with Flashscore.[/a][/p][infobox id="02b45e73-9abc-454d-882a-650a1a621f7d" /]