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da bet sport: Aston Villa are right in the hunt for a play-off place in the Championship this season and they may have received an injury boost just at the right time with Henri Lansbury returning to full training at the beginning of the week.
Birmingham Live reported that he was back on Monday afternoon before Villa confirmed the news via their Twitter account.
However, despite his imminent return to first team action, some Villa supporters have used the opportunity to take a dig at the midfielder’s injury history, rather than looking forward to him getting back on the pitch.
The Mirror understands that Lansbury is on £40,000 and given he’s barely played, he hasn’t exactly warranted that figure. As a result, a certain supporter took the opportunity to claim he owes the club for the last couple of years.
The former Nottingham Forest man appeared as a substitute in the Second City derby back in November when Villa beat Birmingham in the Championship, only to hobble off just eight minutes later with a hamstring issue.
It’s an injury problem that certain segments of Villa supporters have now used against the 28-year-old who hasn’t shown his true promise after arriving in 2017.
Lansbury has played only three times in all competitions this season, making just one start, which came in Villa’s Carabao Cup defeat to Burton back in August. The Arsenal academy graduate has struggled with injury all season, making as few as two substitute appearances since.
Injury setbacks have been a theme of Lansbury’s spell with the Midlands club, with the midfielder featuring in just ten league games last campaign too.
Here’s what the Villa Park faithful had to say.