{"id":480386,"date":"2011-09-02T10:25:00","date_gmt":"2011-09-02T10:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/09\/02\/jermaine-jenas-sets-sights-on-first-team-place-after-joining-aston-villa\/"},"modified":"2011-09-02T10:25:00","modified_gmt":"2011-09-02T10:25:00","slug":"jermaine-jenas-sets-sights-on-first-team-place-after-joining-aston-villa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/09\/02\/jermaine-jenas-sets-sights-on-first-team-place-after-joining-aston-villa\/","title":{"rendered":"Jermaine Jenas sets sights on first-team place after joining Aston Villa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div readability=\"59.3794674142\"><span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/95\/aston-villa\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/england\/2030\/jermaine-jenas\">Jermaine Jenas<\/a> is looking to kick on from a frustrating period of his career at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/105\/tottenham\">Tottenham<\/a> by becoming a mainstay in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/95\/aston-villa\">Aston Villa<\/a>&#8216;s midfield.<br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span readability=\"27\"><br \/>Jenas had been at Spurs since 2005 but extra competition for places in the last two seasons has meant he has struggled to hold down a regular starting berth.<\/p>\n<p>He hopes that he can become a regular feature in the Villa side this season after agreeing a loan deal in order to find his best form.<\/p>\n<p>He told <em>Sky Sports<\/em>: &#8220;It&#8217;s been frustrating for me being in and out, in and out and it&#8217;s almost impossible to generate any form.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m still a young 28, I&#8217;ve still got plenty of energy and plenty more to come.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Jenas added that the squad at Aston Villa and the opportunity to improve is what encouraged him to make the move from London to the Midlands.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Obviously, I&#8217;ve still got to get into this team,&#8221; he continued.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s a very good side with some very good players. That&#8217;s one of the reasons why I was chomping at the bit to get up here.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I looked at what they had within the squad, how I would fit into that and what we could achieve and it excited me.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ve got to work hard in training to try and get a starting place within this team and then I can build up my form and produce the kind of performances I know I can produce.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div readability=\"32\">\n<p><span data-bookmaker=\"Bet365\">Sign up with bet365 for a free bet up to \u00a3200<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>See the rest here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\/2011\/09\/02\/2647433\/jermaine-jenas-sets-sights-on-first-team-place-after-joining\" title=\"Jermaine Jenas sets sights on first-team place after joining Aston Villa\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jermaine Jenas sets sights on first-team place after joining Aston Villa<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Jermaine Jenas is looking to kick on from a frustrating period of his career at Tottenham by becoming a mainstay in Aston Villa &#8216;s midfield. 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