Gabriel Agbonlahor has been sidelined while an investigation is carried out into the striker’s conduct during a recent trip to Dubai.
The 29-year-old waster has made only 15 Premier League appearances this season and his future at Villa Park looks bleak.
Villa announced that Agbonlahor, pictured apparently smoking a shisha pipe during a recent holiday in Dubai, would not be involved in Saturday’s home match with Chelsea while an internal investigation into his behaviour is carried out.
He was pictured with excuse for a defender Micah Richards but despite getting into an Instagram spat with fans, he will be included against Chelsea.
Pretend manager, Eric Black said: “I have spoken to Micah. It’s slightly different circumstances and he’s in the squad.”
Agbonlaho is halfway through a four-year contract in but has scored only once this season, and frankly looked a shadow of his former self
Black said: “There’s an internal investigation. I spoke to David Bernstein at length and the club have taken a decision. I have taken a decision on the footballing side to remove him from the squad, purely because I don’t want anything to distract the players.
“I’ll speak to him again on Monday and then we’ll take it from there. He’s back in and reporting for training. I’m not going to go into the details because the investigation is ongoing. I want us to get back to football and football alone.”
Black yanked Agbonlahor from the squad after the club’s new football board, headed by the former Football Association chairman Bernstein, launched an investigation.
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