Nicklas Helenius

[joe_c]

Helenius - we may as well fast forward and stick him in the players you forgot played for us thread.

Bendtner - he likes to have his weekly wage as his shirt number so if we sign him at least we will all know where we stand regarding wages.

Albrightons 12 shirt is vacant now. I could live with that...just about.

Now if we could Alan Hutton off the books...

[Smirker]

Suffering from depression apparently.

http://www.dr.dk/Sporten/Fodbold/2014/09/25/0925151900.htm

I don't read/speak the language but think it's obvious what it's saying.

[Smirker]

http://translate.google.com/translate?depth=1&nv=1&rurl=translate.google.dk&sl=da&tl=en&u=http://www.tv3sport.dk/fodbold/nyheder/depression-og-dodsangst-plagede-helenius-villa/

In English.

[paulcomben]

http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/aston-villa-nicklas-helenius-feared-7833927

An illness left him addicted to sleeping pills last season.

What with that and the still secret events with the coaches and with Chris Herd plus the injuries to Kozak and Benteke, it's no wonder Randy referred to endless dramas in his 'for sale' statement.

[Malandro]

Bloody hell, plenty of sympathy for the guy now.

Certainly explains his absence when we were struggling for goals! Wish him well - I bet he is reluctant to come back.

[supertom]

Bloody hell. Well that explains why we didn't see him. I always felt it was strange we saw nothing of him after his debut goal. Hope he gets better. He'll have one more year here to try and make it, so who knows. He's one that seemed to have some ability.

[PaulWinch again]

Poor guy, good luck to him on the recovery.

[Toronto Villa]

It's a sad story and largely explains why he never got a look in. His head wasn't right and it would have come across in the day to day interaction with the squad. Hopefully a year at home will help him and also get his confidence back.

[Ian.]

Oh dear, poor fella. Good luck to him, I hope he comes back to us one day and he can prove to be another good signing.

Some of our players over the last few seasons have had terrible luck with injuries and illnesses. It's a bloody nightmare.

[Ian.]

I suppose that's why we kept seeing Bowery being used.

[frankmosswasmyuncle]

F**k me!

Sounds like he went through a really horrible time.



Thought he showed a lot of promise...the idea that he looked a bit weak and weedy makes an awful lot of sense after reading that article!

Best of wishes to him and his aims to be happy with his girlfriend and kids and for the rest of his career.

[john e]

Well that explains a lot

[dave shelley]

My best wishes to him for a speedy recovery.

[brian green]

I hope that is not what all the others have got.

[paul_e]

After that you have to hope he has a good year and comes back and gives it a proper go next season, that's a pretty horrible outcome after what would've been a dream come true move.