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[peter w]

Fair point about Bacuna defensively though...

[adrenachrome]

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Aston Villa Negotiate Contract Termination With Nicklas Helenius

Aston Villa are negotiating with Danish striker Nicklas Helenius to terminate his contract.

Helenius has been on loan in his homeland of Denmark this season with former side AaB after struggling to make an impact at Villa Park with the English Premier League club.

The Denmark international joined Aston Villa in 2013 from AaB, penning a three-year contract with the Premier League outfit.

Helenius still has a year remaining on his deal with Aston Villa, but is ready to terminate his contract with the club, even if it means forgoing some of the salary to which he is entitled.

The striker's agent Mads Bach Lund told Danish daily Ekstra Bladet: "Niklas has acted in a 100 per cent professional way in the way he has tackled things and he was ready to return to Aston Villa if desired.

"But they have indicated that he may look at other options and so we are now trying to solve things."

AaB appear the likely destination for Helenius when he terminates his contract with Aston Villa, however he may have interest from elsewhere.

Helenius has won two caps at international level with Denmark.

He cost Aston Villa around £1.2m and was signed by Paul Lambert.

[peter w]

Strange. Not even a transfer just a straight cancelling of the contract.

[PaulWinch again]

Gardner's interview sounds very positive.

[eamonn]

What interview Paul? Please, be nice and link us.

[placeforparks]

what was the point in recalling callum robinson and not playing him on sunday, and depriving him of the chance of playing at wembley for preston?

[UK Redsox]

what was the point in recalling callum robinson and not playing him on sunday, and depriving him of the chance of playing at wembley for preston?

It would only have made sense to me if Tekkers had been rested completely and Andi or Robinson had started.

[paul_e]

what was the point in recalling callum robinson and not playing him on sunday, and depriving him of the chance of playing at wembley for preston?

So he could look at him in full, meaningful training and decide if he is ready to be part of the main squad next year?  Given he's apparently said he wants much of the business done before pre-season getting a look at players he's not seen much of is important, especially if he's heard big things about them.

[OCD]

Robinson wasn't starting games since Garner came back from injury so seeing him in training will have had more value to us.

[Matt Collins]

But isn't the fact that he wasn't starting a suggestion that he's not ready for us yet anyway?

[OCD]

Not necessarily. Beckford and Garner have been scoring goals for fun since Garner came back. When Garner was injured, Robinson was playing, scoring and showing signs of maturing. He'll probably be quite involved in pre-season and then Sherwood will have to decide whether to blood him through or get him on loan somewhere where he'll play regularly and hopefully scoring plenty.

[AV82EC]

Not necessarily. Beckford and Garner have been scoring goals for fun since Garner came back. When Garner was injured, Robinson was playing, scoring and showing signs of maturing. He'll probably be quite involved in pre-season and then Sherwood will have to decide whether to blood him through or get him on loan somewhere where he'll play regularly and hopefully scoring plenty.

Possibly the Championship this time.

[leylandalbion]

Not necessarily. Beckford and Garner have been scoring goals for fun since Garner came back. When Garner was injured, Robinson was playing, scoring and showing signs of maturing. He'll probably be quite involved in pre-season and then Sherwood will have to decide whether to blood him through or get him on loan somewhere where he'll play regularly and hopefully scoring plenty.

Possibly the Championship this time.

With Preston I hope

[OCD]

Only if something happened to Beckford or Garner. There's little to be gained from having him on somebody else's bench.

[Ron Manager]

I see Calder has gone to Dundee on loan until Jan. That will prove valuable to him.