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title: "Is Jaden Philogene-Bidace fortunate to be handed a new deal?"
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type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Crippy Cooke"
section: "Aston Villa News"
published: "2022-07-29T13:36:03Z"
modified: "2022-07-29T13:36:04Z"
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# Is Jaden Philogene-Bidace fortunate to be handed a new deal?

Aston Villa [confirmed](https://www.avfc.co.uk/news/2022/july/26/philogene-bidace-pens-new-deal-and-seals-loan-move/) on Tuesday that Jaden Philogene-Bidace signed a new deal and would spend the 2022/23 season on loan at Cardiff City. It’s not a surprise to see the 20-year-old dropping to the Championship to get first-team football, but it is surprising that he was handed a contract extension.

Philogene-Bidace has risen through the youth ranks to the fringes of Villa’s senior squad, scoring nine goals with one assist from [15 games](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/jaden-philogene-bidace/leistungsdatenverein/spieler/665390) for the U18s and scoring 13 goals with four assists from 27 games for the U23s.

The England U20 international featured [five times](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/jaden-philogene-bidace/leistungsdatendetails/spieler/665390/verein/405) for Villa’s first-team and grabbed two assists, but he amassed only four minutes of Premier League football last season.

Philogene-Bidace was loaned out midway through the campaign as he was out-of-favour under Steven Gerrard, but his [stint at Stoke City didn’t go to plan](https://readastonvilla.com/2022/05/05/jaden-philogene-bidace-may-not-join-aston-villa-first-team/).

The 20-year-old made [11 appearances](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/jaden-philogene-bidace/leistungsdatendetails/spieler/665390/plus/0?saison=&verein=512&liga=&wettbewerb=&pos=&trainer_id=) from a possible 21 games, scoring just one goal and amassing 537 minutes from a possible 1890, so he didn’t improve his chances of playing for Villa after the loan spell ended.

Given the lack of first-team football at Villa, coupled with his poor loan move to Stoke, Philogene-Bidace probably is fortunate to get a new deal. He now needs to prove it wasn’t a mistake by working hard at Cardiff as Villa are still banking on his potential.

***[In other news, Keinan Davis could miss start of season due to injury](https://readastonvilla.com/2022/07/29/keinan-davis-could-miss-start-of-season-due-to-injury-aston-villa-pre-season/)***