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title: "Writing on wall for Kalinic when he reports for training"
canonical: "https://readastonvilla.com/2022/06/22/writing-on-wall-for-lovre-kalinic-when-he-reports-for-training/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Crippy Cooke"
section: "Aston Villa News"
published: "2022-06-22T11:21:20Z"
modified: "2022-06-22T11:21:21Z"
---

# Writing on wall for Kalinic when he reports for training

*Ashley Preece* of [Birmingham Live](https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/aston-villa-pre-season-training-24281116) says Lovre Kalinic is expected to report for pre-season training next week, but the 32-year-old’s [future at Aston Villa is up in the air](https://readastonvilla.com/2022/05/31/whats-the-latest-on-lovre-kalinics-future-at-aston-villa/) after spending the last 18 months out on loan.

Kalinic [joined](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/lovre-kalinic/transfers/spieler/46405) Villa on a four-year deal from KAA Gent in 2019 and has gone on to make just [eight appearances](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/lovre-kalinic/leistungsdatenverein/spieler/46405) in all competitions, conceding 15 goals with one clean sheet.

The Croatian international played a handful of games in his debut season (2018/19) before being benched and then sidelined with a knee injury, so his Villa career was over not long after it began.

Kalinic was loaned out to Toulouse one year after joining Villa and made just [four appearances](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/lovre-kalinic/leistungsdatenverein/spieler/46405) across the board, conceding four goals with two clean sheets.

Upon his return to Villa, the 32-year-old struggled for playing time as Emiliano Martinez was first-choice between the sticks. Kalinic would be loaned out again midway through the 2020/21 season, making [57 appearances](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/lovre-kalinic/leistungsdatendetails/spieler/46405/plus/0?saison=&verein=447&liga=&wettbewerb=&pos=&trainer_id=) and conceding 50 goals with 27 clean sheets.

Martinez will be first-choice under Steven Gerrard while the recently-signed Robin Olsen is expected to be second-choice, so Kalinic doesn’t stand a chance of playing for Villa again. Jed Steer is still on the books too, so there’s too much competition for minutes.

***[In other news, Wesley Moraes had a bad season](https://readastonvilla.com/2022/06/22/wesley-moraes-had-a-bad-season/)***