Aston Villa loanee Leon Bailey returned to action for AS Roma two weeks ago. The winger made an appearance against Inter Milan and also started against Sassuolo.

Despite brief indications of promise, things have again stuttered for the Jamaican.

The arrival from Aston Villa featured against Parma on Wednesday. He came off the bench within the first ten minutes but was substituted at half-time by Gian Piero Gasperini.

Gasperini spoke about the 28-year-old at the post-game press conference and hinted at a fitness issue.

He said, relayed by RomaForever: “We threw him on the pitch a bit like that, even prematurely. He’s been out for a long time, he needs to be brought back in with another week or two.”

Gasperini suggested that maybe, Bailey still hasn’t properly recovered from a muscle issue.

“I played him against Inter and Sassuolo, maybe he hadn’t recovered well, he was definitely struggling, he wasn’t the usual Bailey, we were taking risks and I preferred to take him off.”  

This is obviously not good news for all parties involved.

Roma have the option to buy the player permanently. Aston Villa would’ve liked that as a sale...