It's time for Aston Villa and Alejandro Garnacho to change the narrative - It's not helping anyone
Alejandro Garnacho is yet to be given a fair chance at Aston Villa.
The Argentine signed from Chelsea on an initial loan deal with an option to buy in the summer.
The move was met with a massively mixed reception after his years of struggle at Stamford Bridge and Manchester United previously.
If anyone can get the best out of him, it's Unai Emery.
That is what everyone hung onto at Villa Park as they looked to make sense of the signing.
It hasn't worked out that way, so far, but it's finally about time that Garnacho puts to bed the boring narrative that continues to plague himself and Villa Park.
What has happened to Alejandro Garnacho at Aston Villa?
It is always difficult for new signings when they are introduced to Emery's system.
The Spaniard very rarely throws fresh faces in at the deep end as he allows them to come up to speed in B6.
That is exactly what has happened to Garnacho as he has been reduced to just 31 competitive minutes this season.
His latest came away to Hull City in September and he failed to take a shot, create a chance or take a touch in the opposition box throughout his 15-minute cameo.
It isn't a good look and it has resulted in him featuring solely as a substitute in the next four fixtures.
That has resulted in a narrative that the 22-year-old is going to be "the next Harvey Elliott" or is once again failing to live up to expectations after a transfer.
It is boring, it is lazy and is something that Emery has finally looked to rectify during the international break.
Garnacho proves a point to Unai Emery on international break
There is only one way to change the noise around the winger and that is for him to get on the pitch and make things happen.
The international break has arguably come at a good time for him.
It has allowed him to stick around at Bodymoor Heath and get more time to work more closely with Emery.
That has been seen in the two friendlies Villa have played against Southampton and Sevilla.
Garnacho found the net in both, playing the full-90 away against the Spanish outfit.
If he had set out his goals for this three-week break, that sort of of output would have been it.
The Argentine now needs to be given the chance to follow that into the Premier League and silence the doubters that continue to drag the forward and Aston Villa into the lurch.