The Matt Targett 'surprise' comment on Aston Villa departure that bodes well for Newcastle United
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The loanee left-back made his debut in last Tuesday’s 3-1 win over Everton at St James’s Park and is set to return to The Magpies starting line-up for the trip to West Ham United on Saturday (12:30pm kick-off) after missing Sunday’s 1-0 win over his parent club.
Targett had been a mainstay in the Villa side and played every match of the 2020-21 season for the Birmingham club.
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But the arrival of Lucas Digne from Everton during the January transfer window ‘surprised’ Targett and left the defender with a tough decision to make.
“It was a difficult decision because obviously last season especially, I was pretty much the only left-back [at Aston Villa],” Targett said.
"I knew the club wanted to sign a left-back and I was quite surprised when the club signed someone like Lucas Digne. He was out there at the time and the club had to do what they had to do.”
Targett’s hunger to play matches and impress for Newcastle in the Premier League bodes well in the battle to avoid relegation.
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Hide Ad"It was quite hard to take to sign someone of that calibre but that's where the club wants to go and I completely respect that,” he told talkSPORT.
“But at the same time, I'm 26 and I don't want to be sitting on the bench, I want to look back on my career and have played as many Premier League games as possible.”